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braaivleis

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braaivleis [ˈbraɪˌfleɪs]
n South African
1. a picnic at which meat is cooked over an open fire; a barbecue
2. (Cookery) the meat cooked at such a barbecue
[from Afrikaans braai roast + vleis meat]


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a member of the junior chamber EC precis\of commerce) EIS obeisance, braaivleis (a barbecue), millreis (coin) EYS greystone, geyser UES roquesite (a sulphide of copper and indium CuIn[S.
Those cattle, sheep and pigs who die in an abattoir might just as well be prepared to sacrifice their lives to the "spiritual and cultural meaning" of religiously endorsed meat-eating, especially that celebrated in the masculinist ritual of the South African braaivleis.
AS SOUTH AFRICAN AS BILTONG "The word rooibos is as South African as the words biltong and braaivleis," fumes John Mann, marketing director for growers in the Wuppertahl region and an independent manufacturer of rooibos health and herbal products.
 
 
 
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