This one must get an award for least illuminating etymology:
Wait-a-bit (also wait-a-bit thorn) (n., chiefly S. African). An African bush with hooked thorns that catch the clothing, in particular an acacia. [Afrikaans wag-‘n-bietjie, literally ‘wait a bit.’]
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