shag

This is the 3684th most frequent Dutch word.


shag

Loose tobacco used for hand-rolled cigarettes.


The word 'shag' here refers to rolling tobacco, commonly used in informal contexts.

Kun je wat shag voor me kopen bij de winkel?

Can you buy me some rolling tobacco at the store?


In this sentence, 'shag' is understood as a unit of rolling tobacco, implying that the speaker smoked one roll-your-own cigarette.

Ik heb een shag gerookt met mijn vrienden.

I smoked a roll-your-own cigarette with my friends.


Here, 'shag' is used to describe a type of carpet texture—specifically, one with a deep pile.

De vloerbedekking had een dikke shag-structuur.

The carpet had a thick shag texture.