skokiaan
Britishnoun
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Origin of skokiaan
C20: from Afrikaans, of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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Mr. Ruffins, who sang when he wasn’t playing sweet and tart trumpet, looked toward Louis Armstrong, reviving a southern African song from the Armstrong repertory, “Skokiaan,” and sharing “What a Wonderful World” with the R&B singer Ledisi, whose scat-singing fluttered around his rasp.
From New York Times
But some also drank from jugs of the fiery illicit skokiaan until it was time to meet the evening trains from town.
From Time Magazine Archive
Man You sing a-bing, abang, a-bingo In hokey pokey Skokiaan.
From Time Magazine Archive
The balance is so easily upset that natives often go mad or blind from the skokiaan they buy in the shebeens of the native quarters.
From Time Magazine Archive
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