dorpie

D2O1R1P3I1E1

noun

A small town.

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Meanings

noundorpie (plural dorpies)

plural dorpies

  1. South AfricaA small town.

    Then our minibus overheated and blew its engine, stranding us at Vioolsdrif, a dorpie on the northern bank of the Orange River.

    2006, Dean Liprini, Pathways of the Sun, page 12

Origin

See dorp.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

periodeorpid
Cite this entry
APA

dorpie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorpie

MLA

“dorpie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorpie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dorpie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorpie.

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