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  • noun South Africa See braai.

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Examples

  • There the barbecue is known as a 'braai' or 'braaivleis' - literally 'grill' or 'meat grill' and is done properly and with skill.

    Archive 2007-07-15 2007

  • There the barbecue is known as a 'braai' or 'braaivleis' - literally 'grill' or 'meat grill' and is done properly and with skill.

    Of Beagles and Brainpower 2007

  • Mandela said it was a pity he hadn't invited Prinsloo to his inauguration and wished him the best of luck, saying they should have a "braaivleis" (barbeque) some time.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • On Wednesdays and Saturdays during the grape picking season, the Old Age Home prepare delicious "braaivleis" lances as a fundraising project.

    unknown title 2009

  • On Wednesdays and Saturdays during the grape picking season, the Old Age Home prepare delicious "braaivleis" lances as a fundraising project.

    unknown title 2009

  • "The word rooibos is as South African as the words biltong, braaivleis and rugby," according to John Mann, a representative of rooibos farmers in Wuppertal.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • Mandela also invited Lombard, stationed at the Yeoville depot and who has been a pedal-pushing postman for 33 years, to attend a braaivleis with him.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • He said they were systematically beaten to death while the policemen had drinks and ate from the braaivleis.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • He said they were systematically beaten to death while the policemen had drinks and ate from the braaivleis.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • Mtjikelo described how he went to the farm on a Sunday while the Smiths were having a braaivleis (barbeque).

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

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  • An outdoor meal, esp. a picnic, at which meat is grilled; a barbecue (Afrikaans, lit. "grilled meat," f. braai, to grill + vleis, meat, flesh).

    August 8, 2008