kanga
Etymology
From Punjabi ਕੰਘਾ (kaṅghā).
noun
- A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.
- A colourful printed cotton garment worn by women in East Africa.
- 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.”