vellie, noun

Origin:
EnglishShow more Formed on veldskoen + English (informal) noun-forming suffix -ie.
colloquial
veldskoen sense 1 b.
1971 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)My brother always calls them vellies.
1980 Sunday Times 2 Mar. 13His grandfather..towered seven foot two inches above his no. 13 ‘vellies’.
1986 Sunday Star 23 Nov. (Timeout) 2Don your ‘vellies’ for the premiere of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’.
1989 P. Lee in Sunday Times 26 Feb. (Mag. Sect.) 36Consider the humble Vellie...Everyone..can claim at least one tatty pair of vellies to their credit.
1993 Weekend Post 26 June 7 (advt)Just like any fine vellie, it’s well ventilated.
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