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tjoekie

tjoekie noun: a prison.

Noun

tjoekie (plural tjoekies)

  1. (South Africa, slang) A prison.
    • Yoh! I'm so gatvol of this tjoekie and need a zol to handle these moggy people.2025 March 26, Khanyisile Ngcobo, “'Yoh! You're in the OED' – South Africa makes its linguistic mark”, in BBC

Forms of tjoekie

pluraltjoekies

Origin of tjoekie

Borrowed from Afrikaans tjoekie.

Questions about tjoekie

What does tjoekie mean?
Tjoekie means a prison.
What part of speech is tjoekie?
Tjoekie is a noun.
What is the plural of tjoekie?
The plural of tjoekie is tjoekies.

Words near tjoekie in the dictionary

  1. tjilpis
  2. TJLC
  3. TJLCer
  4. TJLCers
  5. TJM
  6. tjoekie
  7. tjommie
  8. tjommies
  9. TJR
  10. TJS
  11. tjuringa

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