stoep
/ (stʊp) /
Southern African a veranda
Origin of stoep
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How to use stoep in a sentence
To our left, Vesuvius, with its three peaks, was smoking away as peacefully as a Hollander on his hooge stoep.
Italian Days and Ways | Anne Hollingsworth WhartonWe had risen from table and I had gone out on to the stoep, “to see if the storm was passing off,” as I put it carelessly.
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram MitfordReining in I strained my eyes upon it, but it showed no sign of life—no flutter of light dresses about the stoep or garden.
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram MitfordThe family had just gone to bed, and Kendrew and I were sitting out on the stoep smoking a last pipe.
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram MitfordAs they swung back the wooden gate which opened into the garden, the owner came out onto the stoep.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram Mitford
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