kanga

Etymology

From Punjabi ਕੰਘਾ (kaṅghā).

noun

  1. A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.
  2. A colourful printed cotton garment worn by women in East Africa.
  3. 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.”