waitskin

Tok Pisin: wait + skin.

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. Ethnic identifier: a European, a ‘white face’ ® blakskin, retskin, waitman
    ol Papua Niugini man i no bosim wok, ol waitskin pulap i stap Papua New Guineans weren’t running things, there were only ‘white faces’ there

  1. Kind of person: an albino
    trangu i wanpela waitskin, na san kukim em nogut tru the poor fellow was an albino and he suffered badly from sunburn

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