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dagga

[ dag-uh ]

noun

South African.


dagga

/ ˈdɑːɡə; ˈdaxə /

noun

  1. informal.
    a local name for marijuana
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dagga1

First recorded in 1670–75; from Afrikaans, first spelling da(c)cha, literally, “hemp,” originally a similar indigenous plant of the genus Leontis, from Khoikhoi; compare Nama daxa-b
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dagga1

C19: from Afrikaans, from Khoikhoi dagab
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Example Sentences

South Africa has a good growing climate for cannabis, also known locally as “dagga,” and low labor and production costs compared to consumer nations in the West.

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South Africa has a good growing climate for cannabis, also known locally as “dagga,” and low labor and production costs compared to consumer nations in the West.

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Cannabis is referred to as "dagga" in South Africa.

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He started to supplement them by smuggling dagga, and soon found it so profitable that he left the factory altogether.

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"The Swazis filled the hole with dagga weed and lighted it with a hot cinder from the fire in front of the kraal," Sugden concluded.

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