stompie

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Afrikaans stompie, diminutive of stomp (“stump”).

Noun

stompie (plural stompies)

1. (South Africa) A cigarette butt.
   • 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

• pick up stompies

Translations

cigarette butt — see butt

References

• 1978: A Dictionary of South African English: Editor Jean Branford: Oxford.

Anagrams

• mopiest, optimes