1. (loan) (noun) cigarette.
He whakamutu atu i te kai hikareti, tupeka rānei, a te tamariki, me te whaina i ngā tāngata whakawhiwhi i ngā tamariki ki aua mea (TJ 19/7/1900 suppl:7). / It's to stop children smoking cigarettes, or tobacco, and to fine people supplying children with these things.
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