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dagga

[ dag-uh ]

noun

, South African.


dagga

/ ˈdaxə; ˈdɑːɡə /

noun

  1. 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.

Dagga weed was Sugden's most interesting discovery up to that time and it whetted his appetite.

We must have arrived at a slack moment, for they were all smoking dagga weed and enjoying it to the full.

Sugden had spent the afternoon with L'Tunga and had watched the witch-doctors smoke dagga weed.

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