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adj
Made of or featuring crisscrossed leather strips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa, not-comparable
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noun
A strip of worked leather, especially as used to form crisscrossed patterns on the back of chairs etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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History
From South African Dutch riempje, later Afrikaans riempie, diminutive form of riem.
