plek, noun

/plek/
Plurals:
plekke/ˈplekə/.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans (cf. English dialect pleck).
Place; position; home; ‘joint’. Also dimunitive form plekkie [see -ie]. Now colloquial.
1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn 15Magtig, it was his. For two hundred miles round this valley was known as Oom Frederik’s Plek.
1958 S. Cloete Mask 34He was a truly skilful young man with his paints and he could hardly keep his eyes off the picture he had painted of the plek, the homestead.
[1973 Drum 22 Apr. 60It is a law of this country that we all belong to different bantustans. Xhosas, Tswanas Zulus — everybody in sy plek.]
1979 Daily Dispatch 21 Sept. 16Being an objective journalist I decided the only thing to do was to go to that other city that has seagulls..and case the plek.
1984 Frontline Feb. 25These ouens..who..make you come and watch their slide shows and everyone falls asleep while they’re telling you about all the quaint little plekke overseas.
1984 Frontline Feb. 26There’s lots of other things I’d like to tell you about this weird and amazing plekkie.
1984 Frontline Feb. 27He must up and off from his little shop..to some plek the govt. figured was better for him.
1984 G. Underhill in Style Nov. 106This is the only plekkie, apart from Kirstenbosch, where you can get good teas.
Place; position; home; ‘joint’. Also dimunitive form plekkie [see -ie]. Now colloquial.
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plein, nounn.plural, nounn.
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