ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Kanga

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Kanga is a noun meaning (Sikhism) A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.

Meaning

(Sikhism) A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.

More Meanings

  1. A colourful printed cotton garment worn by women in East Africa.
  2. (slang) A prison warder.

Example Sentences

The kangas allow me the bottles for my ships.
They will f***ing dangle you, the kangas. [They'll] make it look like suicide.
So we thought there'd been trouble over there, maybe all the kangas were getting into mufti.
Even the diversionary fracas on the far side of the room failed to divert him, although the kangas went racing across to deal with it — there was always some kind of a dust up going on.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include khanga, kangha, kara, khanda, kanchuki, kangri.

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