ystervarkie, noun

Origin:: AfrikaansShow more From Afrikaans ystervark porcupine + diminutive suffix -ie; probably so named by humorous association of the cake’s covering of shredded coconut with porcupine quills. Cf. ystervark.

2006 schooltours.co.za (DSAE Corpus)We even had a sweets buffet filled with fugde [sic], klappereis and ystervarkies which my other gran made.

2014 jodene.co.za (DSAE Corpus)The food stalls sell classic favourites such as vetkoek, koeksisters, milktart, lamingtons (ystervarkies), rusks and various other old-fashioned eats and hard boiled sweets.

lamington.

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ystervark, nounn.yzer, nounn.

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