Mbao
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Kenya
Added August 02, 2025
TOP DEFINITION
Classic slang for 20 shillings (literally 'a plank of wood,' perhaps from a time a board cost 20/-). Still used widely.
"Fare ya matatu ni mbao. (The bus fare is twenty bob.)"
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Khulekani Dladla
August 02, 2025
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Twenty shillings
"Nisaidie mbao ya sigara (Lend me twenty shillings for cigarettes)"
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Khulekani Dladla
August 02, 2025
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