lekkers, plural noun

/ˈlekəz//ˈlɛkə(r)s/
Forms:
Also leckers.
Origin:
Afrikaans
Sweets; sweetmeats; also called lekkergoed (see lekker adjective sense 1 c).
1846 Natal Witness 15 MayThe Boers..appeared perfectly satisfied that — a plan had been laid by the Hottentots for despoiling them of their new years lakkers!
1879 R.J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 78As pocket handkerchiefs are the exception, and leckers (a kind of sticky sweet-meat) the rule, your hand, at the finish of a family ‘How do you do?’ has something of the adhesiveness and consistency of a glutinous fish.
1891 J.P. Legg in Cape Illust. Mag. I. 96The universal term among children ‘lekkers,’ and again ‘mebos’ dried apricot.
1901 W.S. Sutherland S. Afr. Sketches 46It is their duty to see that the fighting burghers at the front are..supplied with creature comforts,..lekkers.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 293Lekkers,..Confections made of sugar; sweets.
1957 L.G. Green Beyond City Lights 195The population..were inordinately fond of lekkers, and enormous quantities were consumed.
1985 A. Tredgold Bay between Mountains 162One penny would buy quite a number of lekkers out of the big glass jar.
Sweets; sweetmeats; also called lekkergoed (see lekker adjective sense 1 c).
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lekker, adjectiveadj. & adverbadv.lekuka, nounn.
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