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▪ I. ‖ lekker, a. S. Afr. colloq.|ˈlɛkə(r)| [Afrikaans, f. Du. lekker (cf. G. lecker), rel. to Du. likken lick v.] Pleasant, sweet, nice.
1900A. Carter Let. 8 Feb. (MS.), On Monday these left and in moving round the mountain was ‘verneuked’ as Hannes said ‘lekker’. 1926E. Lewis Mantis ii. viii. 123 To Mr Dan Hugo nothing tasted so lekker as a good cup of coffee at that hour. 1953F. Robb Sea Hunters viii. 137 ‘Fish soup and baked fish to follow. Lekker!’ Olley drooled. 1961Personality 16 May 27 It's a lekker language. 1963A. Smith Throw out Two Hands vii. 82 Charl Pauw..had the thickest of South African accents... ‘But the place is lekker, I tell you, its lekker.’ 1970Rand Daily Mail 28 Feb. 7/4 Some South African English colloquialisms, again mainly of Afrikaans origin, he regards as downright ‘barbarisms’, such as..lekker. ▪ II. lekker var. leccer. |