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tackie S. Afr.|ˈtækɪ|
Also takkie.
[Origin uncertain: perh. rel. to tacky a.2 App. not Afrikaans.]
A rubber-soled canvas shoe; a plimsoll or sand-shoe. Also, a track shoe with a rubber sole. Usu. pl.
c1902I. Vaughan Diary (1958) 60 We all have to wear..white tackies on the feet. 1913C. Pettman Africanderisms 491 Tackies, in the border towns of the Eastern Province this is the name given to rubber-soled sand-shoes. 1924Ann. Mountain Club S. Afr. No. 27. 46 Ye who scale with ropes and ‘tackies’ Cliffs of awe-inspiring grandeur. 1946Amer. Speech XXI. 59 What are known as ‘sand shoes’ or ‘tackies’ in English are the same articles which I still backslide into calling ‘sneakers’. 1953M. Murray Fire-Raisers xi. 108 He padded over the rocks on his tackies. 1955D. Jacobson Trap i. 20 He wore canvas takkies on his feet, his toes poking through the ends. 1961Personality 16 May 27, I have yet to discover why tennis shoes, which are known in England as plimsoles, are called ‘tackies’ in South Africa. 1981A. Paton Towards Mountain xvii. 134 Hofmeyr was a camper of the first water. He wore an ancient canvas hat, a khaki shirt and shorts, and discoloured sandshoes, known as tackies. |