bacovewinkel

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Etymology

From bacove +‎ winkel.

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Noun

bacovewinkel m (plural bacovewinkels, diminutive bacovewinkeltje n)

  1. (Suriname) a roadside stall selling bananas
    • 1938 October 17, L., “Stadsschoon en Jeugdvermaak [Urban beauty and youth entertainment]”, in De West‎, page 3:
      In de zogenaamde deftige buurt wordt de wandelaar zeer onaangenaam getroffen bij 't zien van verschillende onooglijke, kleine afdakjes, die veelal dienst doen als houtskool of bacovewinkel.
      When walking in the so-called fancy neighbourhood, one is very disagreeably struck by the sight of various unsightly, small shelters, which often serve as a charcoal or banana shop.
  2. (Suriname, figuratively) a disorderly or dysfunctional place or situation
    • 1950 April 27, “Mungra veroordeeld [Mungra convicted]”, in De West‎, page 3:
      De Raadsman van de heer Mungra (...) wilde (...) de uiterste clementie vragen voor zijn client, daar men hem aanleiding had gegeven te beledigen. Men schreef namelijk, dat de heer Mungra een bacovenwinkel had en dat men in de Staten geen bacovenwinkels nodig had.
      Mr Mungra's lawyer (...) wanted (...) to request the utmost clemency for his client, as people had given him grounds to insult. In fact, people wrote that Mr Mungra ran a pigsty, and that there was no need for pigsties in Parliament.
    • 2019 September 8, Naomi Hoever, “'Ministersambt strookt niet met partijpropaganda-activiteiten' ['Cabinet post irreconcilable with party propaganda activities']”, in De Ware Tijd‎, retrieved 19 October 2020:
      Daarom hamert hij erop dat ministers geen propaganda kunnen maken voor hun partij. "Het wordt een bacovenwinkel. Het is onjuist. U zit daar namens het volk en niet namens een politieke partij."
      That is why he insists that ministers cannot engage in propaganda activities for their party. "It'll be a mess. It is wrong. You took your seat on behalf of the people and not on behalf of a political party".
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