stompie

English

Etymology

Afrikaans stompie, diminutive of stomp (“stump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɒmpi/
• Rhymes: -ɒmpi

Noun

stompie (plural stompies)

1. (South Africa) A cigarette butt.
   • 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 27:

     I must get outside because the stink of stale brandy and piss and old stompies will not let me breathe and the sides of my head are too tight.

   • 2010, Thandiwe Kgosidintsi, Thelma for President, page 87:

     Bigger boys were known to stand at street corners, smoking stompies of cigarettes and rolls of dagga.

Derived terms

• pick up stompies

Translations

cigarette butt — see butt

References

• 1978: A Dictionary of South African English: Editor Jean Branford: Oxford.

Anagrams

• mopiest, optimes