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Meaning of draadsitter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A fence sitter.

South-Africa

Examples

“Silas Nkanunu - vice President under Luyt, last week was the only time he stood up to Luyt and that was when he was sure of Luyt's demise, in my opinion a bit of a 'draadsitter'”
“It is now very un-PC to attribute this comment to Humpty-Dumpty, who, as we all know, was male, white and middle-aged. And the only proof that he wasn't an Afrikaans pale male is the fact that he was a wall-sitter instead of a draadsitter.”
“u better decide who you´re going to join, the peckies or the boers, the englishmen will never amount to anything. draadsitter.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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