boontjiesop, noun
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- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans (adaptation of Dutch bonensoep), boon bean + diminutive suffix -ie + sop soup.
A thick soup, made usually with dried haricot beans.
[1913 A. Glossop Barnes’s S. Afr. Hsehold Guide 37Witte Boonen Soep (White Bean Soup), Cape. Wash rather more than ½ pint of haricot beans.]
1986 Motorist 3rd Quarter 48In the diningroom,..‘boontjiesop’ and ‘braised Karoo lamb’ are unlikely ever to be off the menu. Nothing could be more traditional!
A thick soup, made usually with dried haricot beans.
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