burg n.3
1. (S. Afr.) a fool, an idiot, an unpleasant person.
Threefold Cord 93: The burg’s mos got a car. | ||
Forced Landing 162: Go [...] we’ll handle this burg. | ‘Waiting for Leila’ in Mutloatse
2. (also burgie) a person, a fellow.
The Park and Other Stories (1983) 22: De burgie who puss [sell drugs] issa ou chommiel. | ||
Waiting for Leila (2001) 24: He is a blerry hond. Listen, Calypso, this burgie is trouble. | ‘Waiting for Leila’ in||
The Park and Other Stories (2nd edn) 43: All yer burgs can come by forra meal. |