broekies

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broekies

(ˈbrʊkiːz)

pl n

(Clothing & Fashion) informal South African underpants

[C19: Afrikaans]

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broekies

plural noun (S. African informal) underpants, pants, briefs, drawers, knickers, panties, boxer shorts, Y-fronts (trademark) He was wearing nothing but a pair of broekies.

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It is also a drunken coloured man who is asking Zara to show him her broekies (underwear) when Camille arrives to rescue her daughter from sexual abuse.

One rainbow, one nation, one tongue singing: whiteness in post-apartheid pulp fiction/Een reenboog, een nasie, een singende tong: witheid in postapartheid pulpfiksie

When she ran out of magazines left in the hotel, with the subtle odour of grandeur still trapped between the pages, she made do with the writing on the new packages of Mealie Meal that replaced the minimal print of the old cotton bags - print that faded in time as the bags were unpicked and washed for making broekies. But best of all there were the occasional novels about nurses or murder mysteries left in the rooms by careless guests.

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Wanneer die sypaadjiemoles verby is, en Imke verklaar sy gaan nou die kleinste van alle klein broekies koop, verskyn N met die diep stem in haar swart pakkie.