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Meaning of niki-niki | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Chewing tobacco.

Australia, uncountable

Examples

“Mark […] went up to the native camp, chuckling and distributing sticks of niki-niki, or trade tobacco, to a score of black snatching hands.”
“There were no problems when she ran the nearby Barrow Creek pub and paid her Aboriginal girls $30 a week, with meals and a bit of niki niki (chewing tobacco).”
“The usual handout was a sugar bag of salt beef and some niki niki tobacco.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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