Meaning of bakkie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.
   Namibia, South-Africa
2. A small pick-up truck or ute, generally open and sometimes fitted with a removable canopy, but distinct from an enclosed van and a large truck.
   Namibia, South-Africa

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Examples

“The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.”

“[S]he passed around a bakkie of home-made chocolate biscuits to all the girls.”

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