rietje
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rietje n (plural rietjes)
- Diminutive of riet
- (euphemistic) cane, hickory, or other stick used for corporal punishment
- Telkens Meneer het rietje greep werd het muisstil en voelden de schoolbanken keihard aan.
- Every time Sir reached for the cane, it become earily quiet and the school benches felt awfully hard.
- drinking straw
Synonyms edit
- (cane): stokje, stokske
- (drinking straw): drinkrietje
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: richi