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gwaai

gwaai noun: a cigarette.

Noun

gwaai

  1. (South Africa, slang) A cigarette.
    • Husband's under water so she hassles with her laaities, starts lagging with her buddies and lights herself a gwaai.1997, Barney Simon, Born in the Rsa: Four Workshopped Plays, page 27
    • For a start, you will remember it whether you want to or not because I guarantee no other Haven teacher has come through the window and fired up a gwaai to start a lesson. They certainly didn't when I was a pupil here.2012, Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows, page 121

Origin of gwaai

Borrowed from Afrikaans.

Questions about gwaai

What does gwaai mean?
Gwaai means a cigarette.
What part of speech is gwaai?
Gwaai is a noun.

Words near gwaai in the dictionary

  1. GVWs
  2. gw
  3. GW506U78
  4. GWA
  5. Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw
  6. gwaai
  7. Gwabegar
  8. Gwadar
  9. gwailo
  10. gwailos
  11. gwaipo

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