bakkie
n.— «“It is strange that we are prepared to travel in a car with a Colored, and allow him to ride on our bakkie (pickup truck) on the farm,” Botha said, “but when he wants to live close to you, then there is trouble.”» —“Residential Segregation Will Continue, President Botha Vows” by Michael Parks Los Angeles Times Oct.2, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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