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mosbolletjie

mosbolletjie noun: dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks.

Noun

mosbolletjie (countable and uncountable, plural mosbolletjies)

  1. (South Africa) Dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks.
  2. (South Africa, countable) A biscuit made of mosbolletjie dough.

Forms of mosbolletjie

pluralmosbolletjies

Origin of mosbolletjie

Afrikaans mos (“must”) + biskuit (“biscuit”).

Questions about mosbolletjie

What does mosbolletjie mean?
Mosbolletjie means dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks.
What part of speech is mosbolletjie?
Mosbolletjie is a noun.
What is the plural of mosbolletjie?
The plural of mosbolletjie is mosbolletjies.

Words near mosbolletjie in the dictionary

  1. mosasaurs
  2. mosaul
  3. mosaulchee
  4. mosaulchees
  5. mosauls
  6. mosbolletjie
  7. mosbolletjies
  8. Mosby
  9. Mosca
  10. moscatel
  11. moscatels

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