Meaning & use
Sluit
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(South African English) A small watercourse, ditch, or gully, often dry except after rain.
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Heavy rains turned the dry sluit into a rushing stream overnight.
The farm road crossed a shallow sluit before reaching the main gate.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Afrikaans 'sloot,' meaning ditch, this term is common in South African English for describing the region's seasonal watercourses.
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gullyditch
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