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yarndie en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Wiradjuri nyaandi (“thingamajig, what's-its-name”).

Meanings

1. (qualifier:Australian Aboriginal, uncountable) Marijuana.
   • 1984, L. Fogarty, Ngutji Yarndi = grass.
   • 1992, Today, Sept. It’s just as well it doesn’t depend on our feelings. Good feelings just fade like Yarndi smoke.
   • 1990, Davis et al., Paperbark He made enough to ... keep himself in Nyandi (herb).
   • 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.

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