Meanings
nounstompie (plural stompies)
plural stompies
- South AfricaA cigarette butt.
Bigger boys were known to stand at street corners, smoking stompies of cigarettes and rolls of dagga.
2010, Thandiwe Kgosidintsi, Thelma for President, page 871 more example
I must get outside because the stink of stale brandy and piss and old stompies will not let me breathe and the sides of my head are too tight.
1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 27
Origin
- Afrikaansstompie
- Englishstompie
Afrikaans stompie, diminutive of stomp (“stump”).
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APA
stompie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stompie
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Chicago
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