‖smokkelhuis, noun

/ˈsmɔk(ə)lheɪs//ˈsmɔk(ə)lhœɪs/
Plurals:
smokkelhuise/ˈsmɔk(ə)lheɪsə/.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, smokkel see smokkel + huis house.
A shebeen (sense 1), especially one operating illegally; smokkie.
1950 E. Partridge Dict. of Underworld 646Smokkelhuis is the Afrikaans equivalent of S. African shebeen.
1977 D. Muller Whitey 23It was a lulu of a shebeen — a jolly old smokkelhuis of five-star rating!
1977 E. Prov. Herald 4 May 18The madam of the ‘smokkelhuis’, La Residence Stilhuis, the international mother figure of the underworld, kind and generous and yet hard as a 50c piece.
1980 Cape Times 12 Sept. 4‘Smokkelhuise’ (shebeens) were warned not to sell drugs and other items in competition with the gang.
1987 P. Jooste in Fair Lady 25 Nov. 142Gus-Seep found him drunk in the street outside The Buildings, a well known smokkelhuis close to the railwayline, where seamen came and went.
A shebeen (sense 1), especially one operating illegally; smokkie.
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smokkel, verbv.smokkie, nounn.
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