‖vaaljapie, noun

/ˈfɑːlˌjɑːpi/
Forms:
Also vaal japie, and with initial capital(s).
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, vaal grey + japie see japie.
1.
a. Any rough new wine (often of an indeterminate colour) produced privately on farms; any inferior wine. Also attributive.
1945 Cape Times 21 MayWhat I say is ‘Come quick, go quick,’ and Vaal Japie is my best friend.
1949 L.G. Green In Land of Afternoon 59Young wine, not matured but about six months old, is known as Vaaljapie...It takes its name from its tawny colour though some varieties are red.
1963 M. Kavanagh We Merry Peasants 78We went inside to enjoy again a midnight feast..and were content with vaaljapie, our vin ordinaire, with the added sparkle of soda water bubbles.
1964 J. Meintjes Manor House 16She began to chat to the lad about their wines and about vaaljapie (a crude type of new wine).
1979 Daily Dispatch 12 Oct. (Indaba) 7Brandy became too expensive..and blacks, eventually, had to settle for Vaal Japie. The wine subsequently attained a tattered image — the beverage of the skollies.
1986 E. Terre’ Blanche in Style July 47The tricameral parliament is like a tripod. One leg is planted on a samoosa, another on a vaaljapie bottle, and the third is lifted in the air, pointed towards America.
1990 R. Malan My Traitor’s Heart 26The brown shepherds would be lined up in the courtyard, tin beakers in their hands, waiting for their ‘tot’ — their daily ration of vaaljapie, a crude white wine.
b. Rough home-distilled brandy. Also attributive.
1970 Informant, KrugersdorpVaaljapie. Home made brandy.
1974 G. Jenkins Bridge of Magpies 40It sounds like a vaaljapie (brandy) yarn to me.
2. transferred sense. Always with initial capital: Vaalie.
1992 A. Webb Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)I come from the Eastern Transvaal. I’m a real Vaaljapie.
1992 I. Bytel Informant, Port Alfred, Eastern CapeI come from Klerksdorp in the western Transvaal. I’m a Vaaljapie.
Any rough new wine (often of an indeterminate colour) produced privately on farms; any inferior wine. Also attributive.
Rough home-distilled brandy. Also attributive.
Always with initial capital: Vaalie.
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Vaalie, nounn.Vaalpens, nounn.
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