tjoekie

T1J8O1E1K5I1E1

noun

A prison.

OriginAfrikaans tjoekie →
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Meanings

nountjoekie (plural tjoekies)

plural tjoekies

  1. South AfricaslangA prison.

    Yoh! I'm so gatvol of this tjoekie and need a zol to handle these moggy people.

    2025 March 26, Khanyisile Ngcobo, “'Yoh! You're in the OED' – South Africa makes its linguistic mark”, in BBC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025

Origin

  1. Afrikaanstjoekie
  2. Englishtjoekie

Borrowed from Afrikaans tjoekie.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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