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dagga
[ dag-uh ]
dagga
/ ˈdɑːɡə; ˈdaxə /
noun
- informal.a local name for marijuana
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Word 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of dagga1
C19: from Afrikaans, from Khoikhoi dagab
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Example Sentences
Sugden, however, thought it a most unusual spectacle and would have taken a whiff of the dagga himself if he had been urged.
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Dagga weed was Sugden's most interesting discovery up to that time and it whetted his appetite.
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We must have arrived at a slack moment, for they were all smoking dagga weed and enjoying it to the full.
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Sugden had spent the afternoon with L'Tunga and had watched the witch-doctors smoke dagga weed.
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