jonkmanskas
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Afrikaans jonk (“young”) + mans (“men('s)”) + kas (“cupboard”).
Noun[edit]
jonkmanskas (plural not attested)
- (South Africa) A cupboard with two drawers on top.
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 160:
- He was standing beside the old Cape yellowwood jonkmanskas which I'd changed into a cocktail cabinet.