Surinamese
/ˌsʊərɪnəˈmiːz
/adjective
Relating to or characteristic of Suriname or its people: many Surinamese folk tales are based on African traditions...
- Can you recommend any Surinamese restaurants or takeaways in your neighbourhood?
- Jai's song is riding high here in Holland, among the Dutch Surinamese population.
- We left our boats on the river and trudged into the Surinamese jungle without speaking.
noun (plural same)
A native or inhabitant of Suriname, or a person of Surinamese descent: the Surinamese take great pride in their temple buildings...
- In the international meet in Perth, this hardworking Surinamese had won the men's 100m butterfly with a time of 53.59 seconds.
- Many Surinamese want stronger links to the Caribbean and North America.
- It is in this rich ethnic mixture that the modern Surinamese have their roots.
Rhymes
- like a bride's nightie
- like a bull at a gate
- like a bull in a china shop
- like a cat on a hot tin roof (also on hot bricks)
- like a deer (or rabbit) in the headlights
- like a demon
- like a dog with two tails
- like a dose of salts
- like a dream
- like a drowned rat
- like a headless chicken
- like a (hot) knife through butter
- like a lamb to the slaughter
- like a leech
- like a man (or woman) possessed
- like a moth to the flame
- like anything
- like a rat up a drainpipe
- like a ripe plum (or ripe plums)
- like a scalded cat
- like a shag on a rock
- like a shot
- like a streak
- like a stunned mullet
- like a ton of bricks