"niki-niki" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} niki-niki (uncountable)
  1. (Australia) Chewing tobacco. Tags: Australia, uncountable
    Sense id: en-niki-niki-en-noun-Ro1ZZNEP Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter II, in Capricornia, page 21",
          "text": "Mark […] went up to the native camp, chuckling and distributing sticks of niki-niki, or trade tobacco, to a score of black snatching hands.",
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          "ref": "1985, The Age, Wednesday, May 29, 1985, p. 11",
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          "ref": "2008, Sheryl McCorry, Diamonds and Dust",
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