Green’s Dictionary of Slang

blikskottel n.

[Afk. bliks, tin + skottel, dish]
(S.Afr.)

1. a general term of abuse, less hostile than bliksem n.

[SA]A. Delius Last Division 74: Where have you come from, you villain! You bloody old bastard, Blikskottel, Hotnot!
[SA]S. Roberts ‘For No Reason’ Outside Life’s Feast 58: I said listen here you blikskottel if you do this again you’re out .
H. Muller Continental Drift 388: She nearly pushed Bob’s slight figure out of the door and, turning, said to Zola: ‘Ek gaan hierdie blikskottel donner!’ ‘I’m not going your way!’.
[SA]Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) 4 Apr. 🌐 They followed the live shows with a late-night comedy season on kykNet called Blikskottel.
[SA]Constitutionally Speaking (S. Afr.) 26 Oct. 🌐 The other day I overheard a woman calling her boyfriend a ‘fokken blikskottel’. Right there in the street [...] Actually ‘fokken blikskottel’ is one of the softer ways of expressing disdain.

2. as excl.

[UK]J. Cope Alley Cat Stories 30: Blikskottel! She’s got to have sense knocked into her foken head.