yarndie
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Wiradjuri nyaandi (“thingamajig, what's-its-name”).
Noun[edit]
yarndie (uncountable)
- (Australian Aboriginal) Marijuana.
- 1984, L. Fogarty, Ngutji
- Yarndi = grass.
- 1990, Davis et al., Paperbark
- He made enough to ... keep himself in Nyandi (herb).
- 1992, Today, Sept.
- It’s just as well it doesn’t depend on our feelings. Good feelings just fade like Yarndi smoke.
- 1992, R. L. Ginibi, Real Deadly
- Ya can’t work hard, drink, and some yarndie too!
- 1993, Koori Mail, 10 Mar.
- I drank and smoked yarndie for fourteen years.
- 1984, L. Fogarty, Ngutji
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:marijuana