riempie
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From South African Dutch riempje, later Afrikaans riempie, diminutive form of riem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
riempie (plural riempies)
- (South Africa) A strip of worked leather, especially as used to form crisscrossed patterns on the back of chairs etc. [from 19th c.]
Adjective[edit]
riempie (not comparable)
- (South Africa) Made of or featuring crisscrossed leather strips. [from 20th c.]
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 79:
- But back on the farm he submitted obediently to the routine of his parents: morning prayers, evening prayers – reading from his father's Dutch Bible, singing, kneeling at the riempie chairs until one's knees were aching […].
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
riempie
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