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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A New Zealand word for ‘devil,’ often applied by settlers to a vicious horse or as a name for a dog. E. E. Morris, Austral English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun New Zealand evil spirit
  • noun New Zealand goblin.

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