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  • noun Plural form of luau.

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Examples

  • Hawaii, known for leis, surfing and luaus, is quickly gaining a reputation as a football hotbed.

    Signing day a boon in new hotbed of Hawaii 2007

  • They gave their daughters for love, and she would listen to reason if Yap Ten Shin provided luaus in quantity and quality.

    THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010

  • It could seem odd to hear a tune playing that is not traditionally heard coming from the four nylon strings of the ukulele, usually associated with hula dances and beachside luaus parties in the Hawaiian islands.

    Sound, Size of Ukulele Strikes Right Chord in Asia 2011

  • Dances, luaus, dinners, and outings were all one; the three of them were there.

    THE KANAKA SURF 2010

  • It could seem odd to hear a tune playing that is not traditionally heard coming from the four nylon strings of the ukulele, usually associated with hula dances and beachside luaus parties in the Hawaiian islands.

    Sound, Size of Ukulele Strikes Right Chord in Asia 2011

  • Islands, still tight of tongue, Alice Akana was mistress of the hula house, manageress of the dancing girls who hula'd for royalty, for luaus (feasts), house-parties, poi suppers, and curious tourists.

    WHEN ALICE TOLD HER SOUL 2010

  • Party on, Obie, answer world decisions – "when you have time – duh" after your vacations, date nights, luaus, burger runs, ballgame throws.

    White House responds to unrest in China 2009

  • And at the luaus (feasts) the for ever never-ending luaus, I must be seated on Lilolilo's Makaloa mat, the

    ON THE MAKALOA MAT 2010

  • Party on, Obie, answer world decisions – "when you have time – duh" after your vacations, date nights, luaus, burger runs, ballgame throws.

    White House responds to unrest in China 2009

  • Emblematic in-ground meals—the New England clam bake, lobster bake, beanhole beans and hasty pudding; pit-barbecued pig in the Southeast; lamb in the Midwest, beef in the Far West; and luaus in Hawaii—seemed to spring from the soil of different regions.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

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