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   Jack Nohi

   /dʒak ˈnəʊhiː/

   noun

   • 1. a quick or casual look; a peek: informal New Zealand "we had a Jack Nohi at your website"
   • ▪ an overly inquisitive person: informal New Zealand "these Jack Nohis wanted to know every little detail"

   Word Origin 1940s: probably from a New Zealand slang sense of jack ‘a look’ + Maori nohi ‘nose’.

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