tokkelok, noun

/ˈtɔkəlɔk//ˈtɒkəlɒk/
Origin:
Afrikaans, GreekShow more Unknown; perhaps influenced by Afrikaans teologies theological; or perhaps from Greek tokos birth + logos discourse (see quotation 1934).
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A nickname given to theological students at Stellenbosch University. Also (at Rhodes University) abbreviation toc or tok/tɒk/.
1934 C.P. Swart Supplement to Pettman. 176Tokkelok (G. tokos, birth; logos, discourse.) A term humorously applied to theological students at Stellenbosch who are reputed to contemplate and discuss matrimony when the end of their course is in sight.
1971 Rhodeo (Rhodes Univ.) 13 May 2This could be construed as a plot to take over the presidency — for what it’s worth..and after all, why not?..they’ve had Tocs as President before.
1972 O. Franklin Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)‘What do they call the theological students at Stellenbosch?’ ‘Tokkeloks.’
1983 F.G. Butler Bursting World 151When I mentioned E.G. Malherbe, Mrs Satchwell said: ‘But I know him. His father and my mother were tokkeloks (theology students) together at Stellenbosch.’
A nickname given to theological students at Stellenbosch University. Also (at Rhodes University) abbreviation toc or tok/tɒk/.
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