vadoek, noun
- Forms:
- Show more Also faddock, fadock, feodhook, vaatdock, vaatdoek, vatdoek.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, adaptation of Dutch vaatdoek.
1. obsolete. A damp rag used at table as a communal napkin; jammerlappie.
a1827 D. Carmichael in W.J. Hooker Botanical Misc. (1831) II. 55Each cover is furnished with a white napkin; but the duty of its office is executed by a deputy, the vaatdock, (dish-clout) which circulates from hand to hand, and from mouth to mouth.
1887 A.A. Anderson 25 Yrs in Waggon I. 59The old Boer got up from his chair, went to the bowl and began to rub his hands, then his face, wiping them with this rag, which I afterwards found out was called a feodhook.
2. A cloth for wiping up spills, cleaning surfaces, etc.; a tea-towel or dish-cloth. Also attributive.
3. combination
1978 Garden & Home Aug. 26The ‘vadoek’ plant is a loofah, botanical name Luffa cylindrica..sometimes called Egyptian cucumber. The long cylindrical fruits are used for sponges or for scrubbing pots when the outer covering has been removed.
A damp rag used at table as a communal napkin; jammerlappie.
A cloth for wiping up spills, cleaning surfaces, etc.; a tea-towel or dish-cloth. Also attributive.
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