English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van "padman" wissel na gelang van die bron, maar oor die algemeen verwys dit na 'n jong man wat met straatkultuur geassosieer word, veral in die VK. Sommige definisies dui daarop dat 'n padman iemand is wat baie tyd op straat spandeer en betrokke kan wees by aktiwiteite soos dwelmhandel of bendeverwante gedrag. Die term kan egter ook wyer gebruik word om iemand te beskryf wat bloot deel is van straatkultuur of wat in daardie konteks as "cool" gesien word. Dit is belangrik om daarop te let dat die term "padman" negatiewe konnotasies kan dra en soms pejoratief gebruik word.

Synonyms

  1. road mender

Sentence Examples

  1. What was a roadman doing twenty miles from his beat, pursued by the police?
  2. The dusty roadman in a minute was transformed into one of the neatest motorists in Scotland.
  3. The milkman, the literary innkeeper, Sir Harry, the roadman, and the idiotic Marmie, were all pieces of undeserved good fortune.
  4. Now, they had seen me as the roadman, and they would remember me, for I was in the same rig.
  5. Then in a tiny bight of road, beside a heap of stones, I found the roadman.