swart varkie, noun phrase
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, swart black + varkie piglet (perhaps adaptation of vaatjie firkin; cf. 16th century Dutch vercken firkin, pig); see also vaatjie.
historical
A twenty-litre black plastic container for wine. Also attributive.
1980 Cape Times 28 Mar. 2Varkie’s days are numbered. The Minister..yesterday asked wine producers and dealers to take immediate steps to phase out the notorious ‘swartvarkie’ 20l wine container...Although he did not intend proceeding with legislation to ban the ‘swart varkie’..he agreed the container should disappear.
1984 W. Steenkamp in Cape Times 18 Aug.Commemorate the ‘swartvarkie’ — that 25l. demijohn of fond memory in which dedicated vaaljapie men used to buy their tipple.
A twenty-litre black plastic container for wine. Also attributive.
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