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takkie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tăkē/ (General-South-African)

Etymology

From Afrikaans tekkie (“athletic shoe”).

Meanings

1. (South-Africa, in-plural) An athletic shoe, a trainer, a sneaker.
   • One day in comes Jannie Hofmeyr to my shop, and he's wanting a pair of takkies to play tennis you know, and William, my son, he goes and serves him. 1948, Tom Macdonald, Jan Hofmeyr: heir to Smuts, Hurst & Blackett, page 119:
   • […]stood on it with one takkie that had no shoelace. 2006, Byron Loker, New Swell, iBhuku.com, →ISBN, page 35:
   • Net face veils often replaced the orthodox headgear, and ‘takkies’ (canvas boots) or ‘fellies’ (veldshoen^([sic])) the regulation combat boots. 1986, Peter Abbott, Philip Botham, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80, Osprey Publishing, →ISBN, page 43:
   • […]she kept getting her foot stuck in it until her right takkie was squishing on the kitchen floor. 2001, Gail Evans, Time Trials, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 11:

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