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bakkie

British

/ ˈbʌkiː /

noun

a small truck with an open body and low sides

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Etymology

Origin of bakkie

C20: from Afrikaans bak container

Example Sentences

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Mrs Hall led the way in her "bakkie" - the ubiquitous pickup jeeps of the platteland - and in a few minutes we were in the middle of the fire and Mrs Hall was shaking the hands of a black man who was fighting the flames.

From BBC

Another member, Artwell, tells me how he was seriously injured earlier this year when a bakkie drove through him at a junction.

From The Guardian

I chucked my bags in the back of a small bakkie and we were off, me groping for a non-existent seatbelt as we weaved around the succession of potholes that litter Harare's roads.

From The Guardian

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