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jonkmanskas

jonkmanskas noun: a cupboard with two drawers on top.

Noun

jonkmanskas (plural not attested)

  1. (South Africa, no plural) A cupboard with two drawers on top.
    • He was standing beside the old Cape yellowwood jonkmanskas which I'd changed into a cocktail cabinet.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 160

Origin of jonkmanskas

From Afrikaans jonk (“young”) + mans (“men('s)”) + kas (“cupboard”).

Questions about jonkmanskas

What does jonkmanskas mean?
Jonkmanskas means a cupboard with two drawers on top.
What part of speech is jonkmanskas?
Jonkmanskas is a noun.

Words near jonkmanskas in the dictionary

  1. Joniškis
  2. Joniškėlis
  3. Jonker
  4. Jonkers
  5. Jonkler
  6. jonkmanskas
  7. Jonna
  8. Jonno
  9. jonnock
  10. Jonny
  11. jonny cake

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