‖lieg, verb intransitive

Forms:: Also lieck.

Origin:: Afrikaans.

To tell a lie or lies.

1911 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Kimberley 14She exclaimed: ‘Yer lieck (you lie), we all do it, and so must you’! and..the sensuous syren dragged me into the giddy maze.

1978 C. Van Wyk in Staffrider Vol.1 No.2, 36Don’t lieg, man, it’s all still there by the possie.

To tell a lie or lies.

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liefie, nounn.lightning bird, noun phrasen. phr.

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