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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

"luau pit"

hi... is there anyone who can explain me what the "luau pit" is. Or can you can explain this sentence:
"We've dug up enough dirt on this mystery man to make a luau pit for Anna Nicole Smith"
  

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Hi! I found in my dictionary the next: luau - 1) a feast of Hawaiian food - 2) a dish of taro leaves usually prepared with coconut cream and octopus or chicken Maybe it'll help you.

  • Hi!
  • I found in my dictionary the next: luau - 1) a feast of Hawaiian food - 2) a dish of taro leaves usually prepared with coconut cream and octopus or chicken Maybe it'll help you.
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Hi! I found in my dictionary the next:
luau - 1) a feast of Hawaiian food
       - 2) a dish of taro leaves usually prepared with coconut cream and octopus or chicken
Maybe it'll help you.
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A luau pit is the hole in the ground where the pig, wrapped in leaves, is placed for slow roasting over hot coals. Digging dirt, here, is a reference to the bad things they've uncovered about the mystery man. I'm not sure what the reference to Ms. Smith is: perhaps that she is involved in the scheme in question (?) perhaps it's just a negative reference to her history (?). (I don't remember an
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Anna Nicole Smith was somewhat known for having a weight problem. The sentence is saying that there is so much "dirt" that even she would have enough food from that large of a luau pit.

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