Tuks, noun

/tʌks/‖/tœks/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, formed on T.U.C., abbreviation of Transvaal University College, the institution’s name until 1930.
The University of Pretoria; (treated as plural) the students of this university. Also attributive. See also Tukkie.
[1927 Star 30 May 14The following teams will represent Rand University in the inter-varsity matches against T.U.C., tomorrow.]
1971 Rand Daily Mail 26 July 5Tuks veto exchange...The Students’ Representative Council of the University of Pretoria has rejected a plan for a multiracial student exchange programme.
1972 Cape Times 26 July 1Rugby Tuks may play Maties.
1973 Star 8 June 13When you first visited the Tuks campus, did you immediately recognise it as an Afrikaans university?
1978 Sunday Times 21 May 1Tuks’ hero was rangy fullback Pierre Edwards.
1982 S. Afr. Panorama Sept. 36The arts and science departments were established at a branch of the Transvaal University College in Pretoria. This was the origin of the University of Pretoria; to this day the university is familiarly referred to as TUCS, and its students as ‘Tukkies’.
1991 A. Van Wyk Birth of New Afrikaner 25F.A. van Jaarsveld..had promised me..that at Tuks I would meet the cream of the Afrikaner youth.
1992 Cape Times 20 May 9‘Ag, have you never heard of Tuks?’ asked a CP member, referring to Pretoria University.
The University of Pretoria; (treated as plural) the students of this university. Also attributive.
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