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kopdoeke

kopdoeke is the plural of kopdoek.

Meaning of kopdoek

Noun

kopdoek (plural kopdoeke or kopdoeks)

  1. (South Africa) A headcloth.
    • The older women wear their dresses conservatively long and still cling to the brightly- coloured "kopdoek" (headcloth). Their daughters favour shorter skirts and their sons bell-bottoms, and the kopdoek seems to be fighting a losing battle.Willem Steenkamp (1975), Land of the Thirst King, H. Timmins, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    doek

Questions about kopdoeke

What is kopdoeke the plural of?
Kopdoeke is the plural of kopdoek.

Words near kopdoeke in the dictionary

  1. kopapa
  2. kopasetic
  3. Kopczynski
  4. Kopczynskis
  5. kopdoek
  6. kopdoeke
  7. kopdoeks
  8. Kopec
  9. kopeck
  10. kopecks
  11. Kopecky

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