regmaker, noun
- Forms:
- Also regmaaker.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, reg right + maker maker.
A drink, medication, or medicine taken to alleviate a hangover; a pick-me-up; regmakertjie. Also transferred sense. See also babalaasdop (babalaas noun sense b).
1954 K. Cowin Bushveld, Bananas & Bounty 46We asked why he was not wearing his hat, he said simply that it banged his head and he was very sick and needed a regmaker for the love of God. We told him to go and sleep it off.
1993 P. Dickson in E. Prov. Herald 21 Sept. 1Sipping a regmaker and still severely shaken an hour after the blaze, Mr B—..said it was the first accident in his home in the 40 years he had lived there.
A drink, medication, or medicine taken to alleviate a hangover; a pick-me-up; regmakertjie. Also transferred sense.