vrachter, adverb

Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Adaptation of Afrikaans wragtig (see wragtig) or wragtie (see wragtie).
obs.
wragtig.
1899 ‘S. Erasmus’ Prinsloo 50Vrachter, Landdrost, you are right.
1911 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Kimberley 36‘One hundred and thirty pounds is your lowest price?’ ‘Yes, that’s so, vrachter’ (truly), emphatically cried the Dutchman.
1920 S. Black Dorp 178But, Uncle, I didn’t vote ‘Sapper’...Vrachter, Oom, that’s true, so help me God!
1924 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Jhb. 19You have besalt all right vrachter (truly).
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18991924
voorwaarts, adverbadv.vrek, verb intransitivev.
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