noun
crunchie
Crunchie (noun) means a chocolate-coated sweet bar with a crunchy, cookie-like centre.
noun
1
A chocolate-coated sweet bar with a crunchy, cookie-like centre.
"A different method and a different flavour from the usual brown crunchie. The recipe is easily doubled for a larger batch."
— Lynn Bedford Hall, The Best of Cooking in South Africa (2000)
2
(informal) An ordinary foot soldier.
3
(informal, South Africa) A white person of Afrikaner background.
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Etymology
From crunchy. Use to refer to infantrymen in Vietnam is from their "crunching" through the jungle brush. Use to refer to white Afrikaners is perhaps from their supposed tendency to eat crunchy food.
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What is the meaning of crunchie?
"crunchie" (noun) means a chocolate-coated sweet bar with a crunchy, cookie-like centre.
What are the different meanings of crunchie?
"crunchie" has 3 main meanings: 1. A chocolate-coated sweet bar with a crunchy, cookie-like centre; 2. (informal) An ordinary foot soldier; 3. (informal, South Africa) A white person of Afrikaner background.
