stompie

English

Etymology

Afrikaans stompie, diminutive of stomp (stump).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɒmpi/
  • Rhymes: -ɒmpi

Noun

stompie (plural stompies)

  1. (South Africa) A cigarette butt.
    • 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 27:
      I must get outside because the stink of stale brandy and piss and old stompies will not let me breathe and the sides of my head are too tight.
    • 2010, Thandiwe Kgosidintsi, Thelma for President, page 87:
      Bigger boys were known to stand at street corners, smoking stompies of cigarettes and rolls of dagga.

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References

  • 1978: A Dictionary of South African English: Editor Jean Branford: Oxford.

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