Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Bob Marley n.1

also Bob, Marley

1. (N.Z. prison) marijuana [the Rastafarian singer’s use of cannabis as a sacrament].

[NZ]D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 22/2: Bob Marley n. 1 marijuana; more commonly abbreviated to bob or marley.

2. (N.Z. prison) (female) pubic hair [? similarity to the singer’s dreadlocks].

[NZ]D. Looser Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 22/2: Bob Marley 2 pubic hair(s), particularly, as one inmate explains: ‘ones which stick out of the sides of your knickers’.