Meaning of gwaai | Babel Free

Definitions

A cigarette.

South-Africa, slang

Examples

“Husband's under water so she hassles with her laaities, starts lagging with her buddies and lights herself a gwaai.”

“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.”

“He'd say that every time a black guy would come up and ask him for a gwaai in isiXhosa. And it was obvious what the guys were asking for. I mean, I could even understand them. But it seemed important to him to not speak Xhosa […]”

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