spruit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spruit
1860–65; < Afrikaans < Dutch spruit sprout
Example Sentences
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The banks of this spruit were thickly studded with bush, and out of them branched several deep dongas or rifts worn out of the soil by the action of the water.
From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Mitford, Bertram
“Missis Jackalse she pop her head inside agen mighty quick at dat, an’ Ou’ Wolf he sling off down de spruit wid his back up.
From Old Hendrik's Tales by Vaughan, Arthur Owen
Den you drive ’em down to de spruit to look ahter ’em, an’ I’ll be dere, an’ we’ll see what we do nex.’
From Old Hendrik's Tales by Vaughan, Arthur Owen
Their position consisted of commanding hills down a defile through which a spruit flows towards the Orange River.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis
“Well, she lend him dis knife, an’ off he pops an’ down to de spruit.
From Old Hendrik's Tales by Vaughan, Arthur Owen
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