takkie
nounEtymology
From Afrikaans tekkie (“athletic shoe”).
Definitions
An athletic shoe, a trainer, a sneaker.
- One day in comes Jannie Hofmeyr to my shop, and he's wanting a pair of takkies to play tennis you know, and William, my son, he goes and serves him.
- Net face veils often replaced the orthodox headgear, and ‘takkies’ (canvas boots) or ‘fellies’ (veldshoen^([sic])) the regulation combat boots.
- […]she kept getting her foot stuck in it until her right takkie was squishing on the kitchen floor.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA