dagga
nounUK /ˈdɑːɡə/
Etymology From Shona dhaka.
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South Africa Cement.
dagga
nounGeneral-South-African /ˈdaɡə/
Etymology Borrowed from Afrikaans dagga, from Khoekhoe daxab.
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Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the species Leonotis leonurus.
- He started to supplement them by smuggling dagga, and soon found it so profitable that he left the factory altogether.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 217:
- A few basic points, Sir. First, no unnatural Activities. Second, no Opium, no Dagga, no Ardent Spirits, no Wine, and so on.1997, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 7, in Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part One: Latitudes and Departures, page 65:
- Derived terms
- wild dagga