Kennetjie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kennetjie is a noun meaning (South Africa) The short stick used in this game.
Meaning
(South Africa) The short stick used in this game.
More Meanings
- (South Africa) A children’s (boy’s) game where a short stick is flipped into the air by a longer stick, batted and hopefully caught by ‘fielders’.
Example Sentences
Instead we played kennetjie in the yard with a small piece of wood, which we flipped with a stick, and struck into the air.
The two men are playing a Boer sport called kennetjie, using a length of broomstick as the bat, on which is balanced a small piece of wood that serves as the 'ball'.
A strong, three feet long stick (the bat or hook) and a shorter piece five or six inches long (the kennetjie) were the requirements. A deep gash six inches in length was scraped in the ground. The kennetjie was laid cross-wise over the gash.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jukskei, kerby, kerbsy, bok-bok, catch, weet weet.
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