ganjan.
/ˈɡandʒə/, U.S. /ˈɡɑndʒə/, /ˈɡændʒə/ A preparation of Indian hemp ( Cannabis sativa, variety indica), strongly intoxicating and narcotic.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > marijuana or cannabis
bhang1598
hashish1598
cannabis1765
ganja1800
Indian hemp1803
sabzi1804
cannabin1843
deiamba1851
charas1860
liamba1861
hemp1870
cannabis resin1871
marijuana1874
kef1878
locoweed1898
weed1917
Mary Ann1925
mootah1926
muggle1926
Mary Jane1928
Mary Warner1933
Mary and Johnny1935
Indian hay1936
mu1936
mezz1937
moocah1937
grass1938
jive1938
pot1938
mary1940
reefer1944
rope1944
smoke1946
hash1948
pod1952
gear1954
green1957
smoking weed1957
boo1959
Acapulco1965
doobie1967
Mary J1967
cheeba1971
Maui Wowie1971
4201974
Maui1977
pakalolo1977
spliff1977
draw1979
kush1979
resin1980
bud1982
swag1986
puff1989
chronic1992
schwag1993
hydro1995
1800 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Dispatches (1858) II. 162 No manner of duties or customs was allowed to be exacted from any article brought into camp, excepting country-arrack, opium, ganja, or bhang, and toddy.
1826 W. B. Hockley Pandurang Hari III. xii. 345 They produced their ganga and opium, and began to smoke.
1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 345 They smoke tobacco, as also ganjah (Cannabis Indica), to a great extent.
1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Gunja.
1892 Times 18 Nov. 3/6 Ganja is an excitant of the most powerful description leading to violent crime.
1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades i. xii. 98 Many good men..have lived inside penitentiaries on account of that goddamned ganga.
1959 A. Salkey Quality of Violence viii. 117 He..poured out some ganga powder and started to fix the powder..along a section of a dry banana leaf.
1959 A. Salkey Quality of Violence viii. 118 If you want to smoke the ganga, at least you could offer me some, too.
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