melkpens, noun
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ‘milk stomach’, perhaps alluding to the role of the abomasum in the digestive process of a young calf or lamb.
slang
A young, naive, or inexperienced person.
1974 Drum 22 Mar. 28I always get very worried when I see some ‘melkpens’ in Western Township thinking that there is some glamour in the underworld.
1978 Pace Dec. 74Among them is a youngster in oversized trunks. To some..he is a visible picture of a ‘melk pens,’ but his lanky, imposing and athletic physique is that of a human volcano.
A young, naive, or inexperienced person.
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