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vellie

vellie noun: veldskoen.

Noun

vellie (plural vellies)

  1. (South Africa, slang) Veldskoen.
    • In the cool of evening I noticed Army officers were wearing slacks and vellies but no socks.2005, Peter J. H. Petter-Bowyer, Winds of Destruction, page 116

Forms of vellie

pluralvellies

Origin of vellie

Clipping of veldskoen + -ie.

Questions about vellie

What does vellie mean?
Vellie means veldskoen.
What part of speech is vellie?
Vellie is a noun.
What is the plural of vellie?
The plural of vellie is vellies.

Words near vellie in the dictionary

  1. vellicating
  2. vellication
  3. vellications
  4. vellicative
  5. vellichor
  6. vellie
  7. vellies
  8. velling
  9. Vellish
  10. vellomania
  11. vellon

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