Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) South Africa.

1904

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1920

1904		Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW) 2 Mar. 3/1: ‘Vhat!’ cried the beadle of the Yiddisher cemetery in Safrica to the laborer with the spade.
1920		Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Apr. 14/1: There is word from S’Africa of the death of Tom Hassell.