‖ingogo, noun
/iŋˈɡɔːɡɔ/
- Forms:
- Also nongogo.
- Origin:
- IsiZuluShow more IsiZulu, ‘half-crown’.
slang
In urban (especially township) English: a cheap prostitute.
1974 A. Fugard Dimetos & Two Early Plays (1977) 58Nongogo: a woman for two-and-six, a term especially used for prostitutes soliciting amongst the lines of gold-mine workers queuing for their pay.
[1987 New Nation 23 July 10These parties were not healthy places, says Dikobe — people drank from Friday to Sunday night and women sold themselves for ‘ngogo’ (half a crown or fifty cents) a night.]
a cheap prostitute.
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