to-do haole

to-do haole
 n.β€” Β«In these jungled thickets, hot enough to make lipstick melt, the escapist Garden of Eden fantasies of β€œto-do haole,” as rich Caucasians are called, converge and occasionally collide with native truths.Β» β€”β€œIn the Land of the Lotus Eaters” by Patricia Leigh Brown in Maui, Hawaii New York Times Sept. 30, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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