veldskoen
Britishnoun
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Origin of veldskoen
C19: from Afrikaans, from vel skin + skoen shoes
Example Sentences
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Brother Vellies signature shoes are the veldskoen or “vellies,” which give the company its name and are worn throughout South Africa and Namibia.
From Washington Post
Some were red-faced Afrikaner farmers in sports shirts and veldskoen; others were naked Kalahari bushmen, whose ways have not changed since they learned to paint on rocks 15,000 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
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