waipiron.
/ˈwʌɪpɪrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈwaɪpəˌroʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈwʌipiro/, /ˈwɑepɪrʌu/ New Zealand.
Alcoholic liquor, spirits.
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1845 W. Brown N.Z. i. iii. 132 Another native..keeps a grog-shop, and sells his Waipero..to Hourangi (drunken) pakehas.
1847 S. C. Brees Pictorial Illustr. N.Z. 13 The natives..say, it is ‘all the same as te waipe-ra’, or spirits.
1863 F. E. Maning Old N.Z. xi. 152 He would go on shore..to get some water to mix with his waipiro, and was not his canoe found next day floating about with his paddle and two empty case-bottles in it?
1881 J. L. Campbell Poenamo xi. 341 We had the inevitable percentage of indulgers in ‘waipirau’.
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 Dec. 20/3 Under the influence of waipiro a Rotorua Maori pinched a sedan car.
1972 P. Newton Sheep Thief xx. 169 She had no time for the waipera... ‘Charles,’ she said... ‘You can decide right now. Me or the drink.’
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