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dubbeltjie (iou)



dubbeltjie noun. S. Afr. L17.
[Sense 1 from Afrikaans from Dutch dubbeltje double stiver, two-penny piece. Sense 2 is prob. a different word. See also DOUBLE-GEE.]
A Dutch two-stiver coin or an English penny, both formerly current in South Africa; in pl., money. obsolete exc. Hist. L17.
Any of various trailing weeds with spiny burs, esp. Tribulus terrestris or Emex australis; one of these burs. L18.