bangbroek
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Equivalent to bang (“afraid”) + broek (“pants”), literally “scaredy pants”. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Inherited from Dutch or formed in South Africa?”)
Noun[edit]
bangbroek (plural bangbroeke)
- A coward