tjoekie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans tjoekie.

Noun

tjoekie (plural tjoekies)

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

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

tjoekie (plural tjoekies)

  1. (slang) clink, prison
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