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Vellie vs Veldskoen - What's the difference?

vellie | veldskoen |

As nouns the difference between vellie and veldskoen

is that vellie is veldskoen while veldskoen is (South African) A shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin. Thought to have been made by the Khoe people (known perjoratively as Hottentots) before the arrival of Europeans, but still made and worn in South Africa.

vellie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (South Africa, slang) veldskoen
  • * 2005 , Peter J. H. Petter-Bowyer, Winds of Destruction (page 116)
    • In the cool of evening I noticed Army officers were wearing slacks and vellies but no socks.

    Anagrams

    * South African English

    veldskoen

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (South African) A shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin. Thought to have been made by the Khoe people (known perjoratively as Hottentots) before the arrival of Europeans, but still made and worn in South Africa.

    • See also

    * vellie * veldtschoon

    References

    1978 : A Dictionary of South African English. Edited Jean Branford. Oxford. South African English