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单词 foefie slide
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foefie sliden.

Brit. /ˈfʊfɪ ˌslʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈfʊfi ˌslaɪd/, South African English /ˈfʊfi ˌslaɪd/
Forms: 1900s– foefie slide, 1900s– fooffy slide, 1900s– foofy slide, 1900s– fuffie slide, 1900s– fuffy slide, 2000s– foofie slide.
Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans, combined with an English element. Etymons: Afrikaans foefie , slide n.
Etymology: < Afrikaans foefie stunt, trick (1927 or earlier; < Dutch foefje, †foefie (mid 19th cent. or earlier) < †foef, in the same sense (1789; of unknown origin) + -je, diminutive suffix) + slide n.
South African.
= zip line n..
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1970 in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) (at cited word) Foefieslide. A wire between two trees, at one end higher than the other. A short piece of pipe is then used by boys to hold on while they slide from the highest to the lower end.
1973 Fair Lady 31 Oct. 40 The foefie slide is a simple contraption.
1982 Grocott's Mail 13 Aug. 3 (caption) This foefie slide was one of the popular events at the Graeme College Fete.
2005 Cape Etc. (Cape Town) Feb. 58/3 Further attractions include..abseiling, foefie slide, swimming and campfire stories.
2014 J. Hall Weep for Afr. 63 My father built a tremendous tree house from which a long foofie slide, or zip line, sloped down to a large fir tree.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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