vatjen.
/ˈvaki/, /ˈvatʃi/, U.S. /ˈvæki/, /ˈvætʃi/, South African English /ˈfaɪki/ South African.
A small cask or barrel for carrying water or wine; a soldier's canteen.
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1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. i. 16 The..general stores which I carried with me were as follows..2 large ‘fagie’ or water-casks, [etc.].
1871 J. McKay Reminisc. Last Kafir War ii. 8 The soldier acts as the beast of burden, having been supplied with a large wooden vessel, by soldiers called ‘fadje’, or keg, capable of holding about half a gallon; and in this he had to carry with him what water he thought necessary.
1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River vii. 115 Khosimore jealously guarded his ‘vatjes’, or water~vessels.
1891 E. Glanville Fossicker xix. 166 One of the three rose up..took a final pull at the water ‘fikey’, and stretched himself on the bare ground.
1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 28/1 Some Congo brandy and a vatje of water.
1951 L. G. Green Full Many a Glorious Morning xviii. 234 We gave up part of a vaatjie of red wine and soaked it and then roasted it in front of a huge fire.
1970 in Voorloper (1976) 833 The coloured people buy their wine in a vaatjie for celebrations.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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