riempie

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UK/ˈɹɪmpi/UK/ˈɹiːmpi/

noun

A strip of worked leather, especially as used to form crisscrossed patterns on the back of chairs etc.

OriginDutch riempje ← Afrikaans riempie →
First used 19th c.Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nounriempie (plural riempies)

plural riempies

  1. South AfricaA strip of worked leather, especially as used to form crisscrossed patterns on the back of chairs etc.First known use 19th c.
adjectiveriempie (not comparable)
  1. South Africanot comparableMade of or featuring crisscrossed leather strips.First known use 20th c.

    But back on the farm he submitted obediently to the routine of his parents: morning prayers, evening prayers – reading from his father's Dutch Bible, singing, kneeling at the riempie chairs until one's knees were aching […].

    1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 79

Origin

  1. Afrikaansriempie
  2. Dutchriempje
  3. Englishriempie

From South African Dutch riempje, later Afrikaans riempie, diminutive form of riem.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with riempie

skimpygimpyblimpycrimpylimpypimpyprimpyshrimpy
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Cite this entry
APA

riempie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riempie

MLA

“riempie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riempie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “riempie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riempie.

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