Usually means: Kenyan rebellion against colonial rule.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. mau mau: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mau-mau: Merriam-Webster
  3. Mau Mau, mau-mau: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mau-mau: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Mau Mau: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Mau-Mau, Mau-mau: Wordnik
  7. Mau Mau, mau-mau: Wiktionary
  8. Mau Mau: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. mau-mau, mau mau: Dictionary.com
  10. Mau-Mau, Mau-Mau (card game), Mau Mau (band), Mau Mau (card game), Mau Mau (disambiguation), Mau Mau (game), Mau Mau: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Mau Mau, mau-mau: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Mau Mau, mau-mau: Encyclopedia

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  1. mau-mau: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. mau mau: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Mau Mau)

noun:  A group of anti-British insurgents in colonial Kenya, active in the 1950's
noun:  (games) A popular card game for two or more players, similar to crazy eights.

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