Meaning of takkie | Babel Free

Definitions

An athletic shoe, a trainer, a sneaker.

South-Africa, in-plural

Examples

“One day in comes Jannie Hofmeyr to my shop, and he's wanting a pair of takkies to play tennis you know, and William, my son, he goes and serves him.”

“Net face veils often replaced the orthodox headgear, and ‘takkies’ (canvas boots) or ‘fellies’ (veldshoen^([sic])) the regulation combat boots.”

“[…]she kept getting her foot stuck in it until her right takkie was squishing on the kitchen floor.”

“[…]stood on it with one takkie that had no shoelace.”

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