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bakkies

bakkies is the plural of bakkie.

Meaning of bakkie

Noun

bakkie (plural bakkies)

  1. (Namibia, South Africa) A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.
    • The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.1901 October 11, F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume IV, number 16, Pietermaritzburg: The Times Printing and Publishing Company...
  2. (Namibia, South Africa) A small pick-up truck or ute, generally open and sometimes fitted with a removable canopy, but distinct from an enclosed van and a large truck.

Questions about bakkies

What is bakkies the plural of?
Bakkies is the plural of bakkie.

Words near bakkies in the dictionary

  1. Bakkens
  2. Bakker
  3. Bakkers
  4. Bakkes
  5. bakkie
  6. bakkies
  7. bakkra
  8. bakkwa
  9. bakla
  10. Baklahorani
  11. baklas

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