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  • noun Plural form of haole.

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Examples

  • Asians, Pacific Islanders, mainland Caucasians - called haoles - live side by side with African Americans, Europeans and military personnel who returned to live or retire.

    Kathy Harter: Obama 'Ohana: Democratic Nominee Gets Warm Welcome In Hawaii 2008

  • I remember all the way back to middle school when I noticed that Japanese people on the whole had nicer looking skin than "haoles".

    Beauty secret: nightingale droppings. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Here, the locals resent the "haoles" too, as they were ilegally overtaken by Gringolandia.

    Home 2009

  • Here, the locals resent the "haoles" too, as they were ilegally overtaken by Gringolandia.

    Home 2009

  • Here, the locals resent the "haoles" too, as they were ilegally overtaken by Gringolandia.

    Home 2009

  • Here, the locals resent the "haoles" too, as they were ilegally overtaken by Gringolandia.

    Home 2009

  • Because the haoles wanted labour with which to work the stolen land, they had brought in the Chinese coolies, and with them had come the sickness.

    Koolau the Leper 2010

  • There was no gainsaying that terrible will of the haoles.

    Koolau the Leper 2010

  • The dozen I refer to were haoles of position and prominence.

    Good-bye, Jack 2010

  • Koolau forgot where he was, forgot everything, as he lay and marvelled at the strange persistence of these haoles who would have their will though the sky fell in.

    Koolau the Leper 2010

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