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stompie

/ˈstɒmpi/

stompie noun: a cigarette butt.

Noun

stompie (plural stompies)

  1. (South Africa) A cigarette butt.
    • I must get outside because the stink of stale brandy and piss and old stompies will not let me breathe and the sides of my head are too tight.1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 27
    • Bigger boys were known to stand at street corners, smoking stompies of cigarettes and rolls of dagga.2010, Thandiwe Kgosidintsi, Thelma for President, page 87

Forms of stompie

pluralstompies

Origin of stompie

Afrikaans stompie, diminutive of stomp (“stump”).

Words formed from stompie

Words that rhyme with stompie

Questions about stompie

What does stompie mean?
Stompie means a cigarette butt.
What part of speech is stompie?
Stompie is a noun.
How do you pronounce stompie?
Stompie is pronounced /ˈstɒmpi/.
What is the plural of stompie?
The plural of stompie is stompies.

Words near stompie in the dictionary

  1. stomped off
  2. stomped on
  3. stomped out
  4. stomper
  5. stompers
  6. stompie
  7. stompier
  8. stompies
  9. stompiest
  10. stompily
  11. stompin'

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