English Explanatory Dictionary

bergie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A homeless person in Cape Town.

Word forms

bergie bergies

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans bergie, from berg (“mountain”). So called because they used to live in the mountains.

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