skaapie

plural skaapies

1. South Africaderogatoryslangsoftie; weakling; pussy

   The so-called 'good guys' who obeyed society's (and family) rules were brushed aside as 'skaapies', not worthy of even a modicum of acceptance.

   2008, Dianne Stewart, Durban in a word: contrasts and colours in eThekwini, page 71

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   Boys from the various slum areas would form themselves into gangs of 'laaities' (those wise in the ways of the city as opposed to naive, newly arrived 'skaapies' from the countryside) and would jealously protect their areas of operation.

   1983, Belinda Bozzoli, Town and countryside in the Transvaal, page 162