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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