stompie
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Afrikaans stompie, diminutive of stomp (“stump”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stompie (plural stompies)
- (South Africa) A cigarette butt.
- 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 27:
- I must get outside because the stink of stale brandy and piss and old stompies will not let me breathe and the sides of my head are too tight.
- 2010, Thandiwe Kgosidintsi, Thelma for President, page 87:
- Bigger boys were known to stand at street corners, smoking stompies of cigarettes and rolls of dagga.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
cigarette butt — see butt
References[edit]
- 1978: A Dictionary of South African English: Editor Jean Branford: Oxford.