bokbaardjie, noun

Origin:: AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, bokbaard (see bokbaard) + -ie.

colloquial

c1966 J. Hobbs in New S. Afr. Writing 119‘And a beard like a tramp...’ ‘But it’s a bok-baardjie, Pa. All my friends are growing them.’

1991 ‘M.E.O.’ in Weekend Post 13 Apr. (Leisure) 6I first grew my beard at the age of 21 and..it was a mess: mutton-chop whiskers, a straggly moustache and a bokbaardjie, all separated by skin as smooth as a baby’s bottom.

bokbaard sense 2.

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bokbaard, nounn.bok-bok, nounn.

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