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In the fare tamaaraa, the coffee-houses of the Tinitos, the Chinese, the venders of provender and the marketers alike are slipping their taofe tau, their four-sous 'worth of coffee, with a tiny pewter mug of canned milk, sugar, and a half-loaf of French bread with butter.
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I bethought me of the letter Princess Noanoa Tiare had given me to the chief of Mataiea, and with a bag I departed for that village at daybreak, after taofe tau for four sous at Shin Bung Lung's Fare
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Tahitian language for coffee. Source:
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Tahitian/taofe .
March 9, 2009