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rooinek

[roo-ee-nek]

noun South African.

Briton; Britisher.

Origin:
1885–90; < Afrikaans, equivalent to rooi red + nek neck

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rooinek (ˈrʊɪnɛk, ˈrɔɪ-)

—n
	(South African) a contemptuous or jocular name for an English person or an English-speaking South African

[C19: Afrikaans, literally: red neck]

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