spliff

noun

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Of playing the harmonica onstage in Kingston in 1975, when the Wailers warmed up for Marvin Gaye; of the Wailers’ first New York appearance, in 1973, at Max’s Kansas City, opening for an up-and-comer named Bruce Springsteen; of smoking a spliff with Marley’s mother, in Delaware. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 One popular clip on social media shows Jean zestfully hitting a spliff in the company of the headmaster’s delinquent son. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024 And, oh yeah, there’s also lots and lots of weed — joints are rolled and lit up, and in one particularly impressive scene, Strings rips through a guitar solo while contentedly puffing away at his spliff. Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023 Take a spliff of this. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 24 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for spliff 

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spliff was in 1936

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“Spliff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spliff. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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