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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A small bar worn as part of the uniform of some soldiers in the South African military..
This was accompanied by a khaki coloured shirt and tie worn with the Unit bere of black with the Unit badge and balkie in place. My intake had not been issued with this step-out uniform since the South African Defence Force was running low ...
[...], depicted a Rooikat – worn on the top of the arm, and the same green beret with the bokkop and unit balkie.
[...] light brown shirt with tie, dark brown trousers and a brownish jacket with a balkie or unit crest worn at the top of both arms. The ensemble was finished off with the fetching green beret of II Kommando bearing the unit insignia at the front ...
Use balkie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Balkie means A small bar worn as part of the uniform of some soldiers in the South African military..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This was accompanied by a khaki coloured shirt and tie worn with the Unit bere of black with the Unit badge and balkie in place. My intake had not been issued with this step-out uniform since the South African Defence Force was running low ...
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