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Definition of dagga noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dagga

noun
 
/ˈdæxə/
 
/ˈdæxə/
 
South African English [ˈdɐxɐ]
[uncountable] (South African English)
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  1. marijuana (= a drug (illegal in many countries) made from the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant, which gives the person smoking it a feeling of being relaxed)
    • She was arrested for smoking dagga.
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Afrikaans, from Khoikhoi dachab. Khoikhoi is a southern African language.
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