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| tok-tok·kie [ tòk tókee ] (plural tok-tok·kies) |
noun South Africa |
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1. insects African beetle: an African beetle that makes a characteristic sound by tapping its abdomen on the ground to attract a mate. Family Tenebrionidae.
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2. leisure children's game involving knocking on doors: a children's game or trick of knocking on somebody's door and then running away before it can be answered
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| [Early 20th century. < Afrikaans< Dutch tokken "tap"] |
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