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honi soit qui mal y pense
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hongi
hong·i [ hóngee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
New Zealand Maori greeting by pressing noses together: a Maori greeting in which two people press or touch the side of each other's noses together, usually three times
[Mid-19th century. < Maori]
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