"ganny" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: ganny

Part of speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: On side 2 the song TRAIN TO BANGKOK he speaks about the sweet Jamaican pipe dreams, golden Acapulco nights and the fragrance of Afganastan (we now call “skunk” we once called “ganny” short for Afganastan) What a cool song.

Article or document title:
“Re: Rush” (URL)

Author:
“Championsd”

(This author is either a pseudonym or is not clearly named in the original source.)

Article, document, publication, web site:
Usenet: rec.music.artists.kings-x

Date of publication:
June 7, 2002

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