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Bahasha

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 1 definition
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Bahasha definition 1

Envelope, slang for a bribe (similar to saying “something small in an envelope”).

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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July 2025

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