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kanaka
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kanacka \Ka*nack"a\, Kanaka \Ka*na"ka\, n. [Native name, prop., a man.] A native of the Sandwich Islands. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blackbird \Black"bird\, n.
1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian. [Cant,
pejorative]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called
also Kanaka. [Australia, pejorative]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
