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Noun
pekkie (plural pekkies)
- (South Africa, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) A black person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:person of color
2000 April 9, Squirrel, “SA Silence on Mugabe's actions”, in soc.culture.south-africa (Usenet):The war-talk recently against the media (for being too white or something) orchestrated by some black arsehole ... which lead to a standing ovation by the pecky's at the meeting is cause for concern.
2000 May 22, Squirrel, “Some fairness...”, in soc.culture.south-africa.afrikaans (Usenet):Whatever their claim against the land (which is bullshit kaffir logic) ... the whites have owned the land through due process and have every right to retain it. Why should a bunch of brain dead black peckies suddenly steal the whites land because they are too incompetent to develop land for themselves.
2004 February 18, Max, “Re: They forgot a few things...”, in soc.culture.south-africa.afrikaans (Usenet):u better decide who you´re going to join, the peckies or the boers, the englishmen will never amount to anything. draadsitter.
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