Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To dip or duck.
- n. A diving bird; a diver.
- n. A very low bow.
- n. In diamond-cutting, the instrument into which the diamond to be polished is soldered by means of a fusible metal. It consists of a bowl to receive the diamond and molten metal, and a round iron stem, which is held by the tongs.
- n. Cape brandy of a peculiarly fiery type. Also called cape smoke.
Wiktionary
- n. South Africa, slang . A drink.
- n. South Africa, slang An imprecise measure of alcohol; a dash.
- n. obsolete A dip; a low courtesy.
- n. A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
- v. South Africa, slang To fail or to plug (an examination, standard or grade)
- v. South Africa, slang To drink alcohol.
- adj. US, slang Small zippered toiletries - used with kit.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
- v. obsolete To dip.
- n. obsolete A dip; a low courtesy.
Etymologies
- unknown (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The polisher fixes the cut stone firmly in a metallic holder called a dop, which is cleverly designed to hold the stone with much of one side of it exposed.”
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
“He undertook to ensure that the government moved faster in the next five years on issues such as housing, education and the removal of the "dop" - system whereby farmworkers were paid in alcohol instead of wages.”
“In the so-called dop system, laborers were paid partly with a daily quotient of cheap wine.”
“Though "dop" payments were banned in the 1920s, the system carried on in many rural zones until apartheid ended in 1994.”
“South Africa's problem is probably the result of the Cape wineland's historical "dop" (drink) system which involved the payment of farm workers with alcohol instead of wages.”
“Even though the "dop" system was outlawed in the 1960s, many believe it entrenched a culture of alcohol abuse that still exists today, with FAS as one of the consequences.”
“This included the ground-breaking code of conduct launched last year, which committed Agri-Western Cape's 4000 members to empowering workers, eliminating the 'dop' system, supporting a broad process of land reform, and promoting partnerships with new and emerging farmers.”
“On the "dop" system, which has been a persistent problem in the”
“Organised agriculture in the Western Cape on Tuesday launched a code of conduct committing farmers to promoting "decent livelihoods" for their workers and eliminating the "dop" system.”
“Professor Leslie London of the University of Cape Town's department of community health told the committee that Dopstop, a non-governmental project aimed at tackling the illegal "dop" system and fighting alcohol abuse, was turned down when it applied for funding from the KWV wine trust fund.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dop’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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South African
blikoor, blaazop, nsambi, harder, grass owl, dagga, hyena dog, induna, duykerbok, deloo, english-weed, emgalla and 214 more...
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bilby's Words
pandemic, whirl, guffaw, ethereal, feisty, dunt, ephemeral, pule, flipergebet, prink, maunder, gammon and 1023 more...
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tea-poy, pooking fork, ait, eyot, quodlibet, milk leg, tussie-mussie, calash, gueules, caitiff, bindery, demi-rep and 224 more...
Tweets
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johnmperry Type of wax that holds a stone onto a dop stick. Jul 22, 2008