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vlei

/ vleɪ; fleɪ /

noun

  1. an area of low marshy ground, esp one that feeds a stream
  2. dialect.
    a marsh
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vlei1

C19: from Afrikaans (for sense 1); from obsolete N American Dutch dialect (for sense 2): valley
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Example Sentences

Arm, in shifting to a more comfortable position, had put his foot squarely on one of the vlei people.

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Of course the General knew about the visit to Dead Man’s Vlei, and perhaps a good deal more than they had reported.

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“We know what happened to your business in Dead Man’s Vlei. The police were there! They closed up your little shebeen and took your slaves away. You have no business, She Elephant.”

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Then he, too, saw that the man was staring at the Masks in openmouthed delight, just as he had watched the soccer matches on Dead Man’s Vlei.

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Once, Tendai looked behind to see one of the vlei people detach himself from the wall and shamble over to the cart.

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