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kanga¹

Where it comes from

From Punjabi ਕੰਘਾ (kaṅghā).

noun kangas · kangha

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

kanga²

noun kangas

  1. A colourful printed cotton garment worn by women in East Africa.

kanga³

Where it comes from

From kangaroo, rhyming slang for screw.

noun kangas

  1. slang A prison warder. There are some 32 different terms for prison officers, from the humorously affectionate kanga(rhyming slang:kangaroo = screw) and the variants Scooby-Doo and Dr. Who via the mildly confrontational German (as if still the enemy over 50 years after World War II!) to the outright abuse of shit-parcel.

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"kanga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kanga. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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kanga. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kanga

Chicago

"kanga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kanga.

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@misc{kanga_2026,
  title = {kanga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kanga},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}