"kai" meaning in English

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          "text": "Got to go now and get some kai.",
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          "text": "When the sausage man handed the kai over, Kerry passed two wieners to a pair of skinny white kids who had been watching the queue the whole time.",
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        "(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Food."
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          "word": "kai kai"
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          "word": "pok kai"
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  "word": "kai"
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