Etymology

shlenter

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Today it means: A fake, especially a fake diamond. Full definition →

Afrikaans slenter
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The story

  1. Afrikaans · derived fromslenter“ploy, scam, stroll, saunter”
  2. English todayshlenter

From Afrikaans slenter (“ploy, scam, stroll, saunter”).

Words from the same roots

Afrikaansslenter all →

slinter

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.