yarndie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Uncountable

"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."

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

nyandi (alternative) yarndi (alternative)

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