‖mombakkie, noun

/ˈmɔmbaki/
Forms:
Also mambakkie, and (formerly) mombakje.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more From Afrikaans mombakkies (Dutch mombakkes), mom mask + bakkies face.
A mask, especially of a type worn by children at carnivals and on Guy Fawkes Day.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 323Mombakjes,..The masks such as are employed at carnivals and by English children on 5 November — Guy Fawkes’ Day.
1946 V. Pohl Adventures of Boer Family 99A mombakkie is made (exactly like a Hallowe’en pumpkin), by scooping out pips and pulp from a pumpkin or watermelon, cutting holes in one side for eyes, mouth and nose, and placing a lighted candle inside; and we had on more than one occasion struck terror into our farm natives with a mombakkie.
1958 I. Vaughan Diary 40This month is to be Guy Fox...The big men make a great G. Fox...They put a mambakkie on its face. We all buy the cheap mambakkies in the shop to wear for walking the guy.
A mask, especially of a type worn by children at carnivals and on Guy Fawkes Day.
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