mest-koekn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛs(t)kʊk/, U.S.

/ˈmɛs(t)ˌkʊk/, South African English

/ˈmes(t)kʊk/

Forms: 1800s mest-koek, 1900s– mest-kock (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch mest-koek.

Etymology: < South African Dutch mest-koek (Afrikaans miskoek miskoek n.) hard cake of dung < Dutch mest (see mist n.⁴) + koek (see cake n. and adj.). Compare later miskoek n., now the usual word in South African English.

South African. Now rare.

A dried cowpat, used for fuel or as building material. Cf. miskoek n.

ΚΠ

1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 82 The walls of these cattle-pounds, are at many farms here, built entirely of such pieces of manure piled up to dry; and which go by the name of mest-koek.

1937 F. B. Young They seek Country 224 For the glow of sods from the mest-kock was fading.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mest-koek
释义	mest-koekn. Brit. /ˈmɛs(t)kʊk/, U.S. /ˈmɛs(t)ˌkʊk/, South African English /ˈmes(t)kʊk/ Forms: 1800s mest-koek, 1900s– mest-kock (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch mest-koek. Etymology: < South African Dutch mest-koek (Afrikaans miskoek miskoek n.) hard cake of dung < Dutch mest (see mist n.⁴) + koek (see cake n. and adj.). Compare later miskoek n., now the usual word in South African English. South African. Now rare. A dried cowpat, used for fuel or as building material. Cf. miskoek n. ΚΠ 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 82 The walls of these cattle-pounds, are at many farms here, built entirely of such pieces of manure piled up to dry; and which go by the name of mest-koek. 1937 F. B. Young They seek Country 224 For the glow of sods from the mest-kock was fading. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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