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bonsellas

bonsellas is the plural of bonsella.

Meaning of bonsella

Noun

bonsella (plural bonsellas)

  1. (South Africa) In a transaction, something extra on the side.
    • A lekker dictionary containing all the bakgat South African words has hit the bookstores. The collection of about 1,500 local words is a bonsella published in the latest edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, "the ultimate authority on South African English".2002 September 9, Peroshni Govender, “Hau, my china, it's bakgat”, in Independent Online, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2018
  2. (South Africa) A tip or gratuity.
  3. (South Africa) A handout.
  4. (South Africa) A bribe.

Questions about bonsellas

What is bonsellas the plural of?
Bonsellas is the plural of bonsella.

Words near bonsellas in the dictionary

  1. bonsais
  2. Bonsall
  3. Bonsalls
  4. bonseki
  5. bonsella
  6. bonsellas
  7. bonser
  8. Bonsers
  9. Bonshaw
  10. bonsho
  11. bonshtedtite

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