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- noun South Africa A traditional
Malay confection consisting of adeep-fried twisted orplaited doughnut dipped insyrup immediately after cooking.
Etymologies
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Wikipedia: A koeksister or koesister comes from the Dutch word koekje, the diminutive of koek meaning “cake”.
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Before departing, Mandela grabbed a koeksister saying when he first arrived in Johannesburg he lived on bread and water, as this was all his salary allowed.
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President Nelson Mandela on Tuesday briefly attended a late birthday party hosted by about 100 presidential staff, grabbing a koeksister before dashing off to another engagement.
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Police spokesman Capt Wicus Holtzhausen said Gilmore was last seen alive on Friday when she had manned a koeksister stall at the
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When Nelson Mandela turned to me and said: "Evita, give me another koeksister," I knew we were home and dry.
IOL: News 2010
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It doesn't show up on the airport security X-rays and a frozen koeksister will kill any al-Qaeda pilot.
IOL: News 2010
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*hands Grem plait wiv superduperjumbosize koeksister* Enjoi!
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