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kopdoeks

kopdoeks 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 kopdoeks

What is kopdoeks the plural of?
Kopdoeks is the plural of kopdoek.

Words near kopdoeks in the dictionary

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

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