boelie
Afrikaans
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editboelie (plural boelies)
- bully
- 2000, Philip de Vos, Die Deng van Gauteng, Human & Rousseau (1996, Cape Town), quoted by Bruce Donaldson, Colloquial Afrikaans, page 74.
- 'n Stuitige man van Bethulie
Was rêrig 'n vreeslike boelie,
Hy kielie jou sommer
So met sy komkommer,
En sê dan dis nie bedoelie.- A cheeky man from Bethulie
Really was a terrible bully,
Just like that he tickles you
With his cucumber,
And then says he didn't mean to.
- A cheeky man from Bethulie
- 2000, Philip de Vos, Die Deng van Gauteng, Human & Rousseau (1996, Cape Town), quoted by Bruce Donaldson, Colloquial Afrikaans, page 74.