pekkie

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noun

A black person.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounpekkie (plural pekkies)

plural pekkies · alternative pekky · alternative peckie · alternative pecky · alternative perkie

  1. South AfricaderogatoryethnicoffensiveslurA black person.

    u better decide who you´re going to join, the peckies or the boers, the englishmen will never amount to anything. draadsitter.

    2004 February 18, Max, “Re: They forgot a few things...”, in soc.culture.south-africa.afrikaans (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    The war-talk recently against the media (for being too white or something) orchestrated by some black arsehole ... which lead to a standing ovation by the pecky's at the meeting is cause for concern.

    2000 April 9, Squirrel, “SA Silence on Mugabe's actions”, in soc.culture.south-africa (Usenet)

    Whatever their claim against the land (which is bullshit kaffir logic) ... the whites have owned the land through due process and have every right to retain it. Why should a bunch of brain dead black peckies suddenly steal the whites land because they are too incompetent to develop land for themselves.

    2000 May 22, Squirrel, “Some fairness...”, in soc.culture.south-africa.afrikaans (Usenet)

    Synonyms: BIPOC, BME, colored, colored person, minority, nonwhite, person of color

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA black person.

Origin

  1. Dutchpik
  2. Afrikaanspik“pitch (black material)”
  3. Zuluuḿpheki“cook”
  4. Englishpekkie

Several theories exist. * From Zulu uḿpheki (“cook”). * From Afrikaans pik (“pitch (black material)”), from Dutch pik, pek (“pitch (black material)”). * From piccanin, a form of pickaninny (“black child”).

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pekkie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pekkie

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“pekkie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pekkie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pekkie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pekkie.

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