Meaning & use
spliffs
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Informal term for hand-rolled cigarettes containing cannabis, often mixed with tobacco.
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They passed around spliffs at the back of the concert.
Rolling papers and spliffs were scattered across the coffee table.
A note on using this word
The word is believed to originate in West African or Caribbean English before spreading into wider informal British and American usage.
Words with a similar meaning
joints
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