Meanings
plural rockspiders
- alternativeAlternative spelling of rock spider.
[…]the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.
1990, Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams, page 54
Origin
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rockspider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockspider
“rockspider.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockspider. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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