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yarndie

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Marijuana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: Australian Aboriginal

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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