Madow

//məˈdoʊ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Heroine. Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncountable

    "I swear that he owes me dough from the time that I gave him madow, is he silly?"

Example

More examples

"Since those biblical times, people in the Cal Madow Mountains have tapped the trees for their resin, which is burned as sweet incense."

Etymology

Borrowed from Somali madow (“black”).

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