bleskop, noun

/ˈbleskɔp/
Plurals:
bleskoppe/ˈbleskɔpə/.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, bles bald + kop head.
colloquial
A bald-headed person; a bald head.
1966 I. Vaughan These Were my Yesterdays 97Her father..cut her plaits off. Said to barber, ‘Cut short. Can’t have hair and brains — one or other. Brains better for her, she so plain.’ Barber said to father, ‘You are only an old Bleskop how can you know.’
1970 M. Wolfaardt Informant, StilfonteinYour Dad is a real bleskop. (Your dad is bald).
1981 Fair Lady 14 Jan. 98He is our Standard two teacher...That one there — look, behind the fat lady in the pink dress — the one with the bleskop see? He’s my teacher.
1988 Adams & Suttner William Str. 28We were playing ball in the street and a ball goes against his head, he had a big head with a bles kop.
A bald-headed person; a bald head.
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19661988
bleshoender, nounn.blesmol, nounn.
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