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stoep en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /stuːp/

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans stoep, from Dutch stoep, from Middle Dutch stoep. Doublet of stoop.

Meanings

1. A raised veranda in front of a house.
   • Why should the Police want us to spend nights hiding on other people's stoeps and beg in the streets and make a nuisance of ourselves? 1983, J. M. Coetzee, Life and Times of Michael K, Secker & Warburg, published 1983, page 18:
   • On the stoep an old man was moving about on hands and knees with red polish and brushes and dirty cloths. 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 89:
   • To my surprise there was a house close beside me, a fairly large house with a broad stoep and many windows. 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, Norton, published 2005, page 1501:

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Relateds

stoop