kanga (1)EnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishkanga1 /ˈkaŋɡə / ▸ noun Australian English informal 1 a kangaroo: they transported the injured kanga to the Taronga Zoo we saw baby wombats, koalas, kangas, crocs, platypus, and Tasmanian devils. 2 a prison warder. – ORIGIN 1920s: abbreviation; kanga (sense 2 of the noun)1 from rhyming slang kangaroo ‘screw’.
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