What is Cargo?
1.
The natives of Papua New Guinea use this word to refer to any modern manmade possession.
"Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little?"
(answering this question is the premise of Jared Diamond's book Guns, Germs and Steel)
2.
A big and heavy gold or expensive chain one wears to show wealth.
dem gals be checkin' out mi cargo.
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3.
Glasgow word for a
Ahm gonna head oer tha offy fur a cargo for tha perty.
