Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(S.Afr.) vegetarian curry sold as a take-away in a hollowed-out half loaf of bread.

1987		J. & W. Branford Dict. S. Afr. Eng. (3rd edn).
2008		J-A Richards My Brother’s Book 26: It was a curry bunny, the vetkoek freshly fried, the mince hot like Pop and I liked it.
2013		D. Wheatley Fundraiser 24: Ordering a mini prawn curry bunny chow for a starter.

(Anglo-Ind.) a British resident of India, thus curry-eating.

1849		[Grant Colesworthey] Anglo-Indian Domestic Sketch 98: I think that a greater quantity of note paper must be consumed in Calcutta and the other presidencies, than in London, Edinboro’, Dublin and Paris, put together! – and that if one other to the various appellations of ‘Curry eaters’ – ‘Muls’– ‘Ducks, ‘ and ‘Qui hy’s’ by which the society of India has been honoured and distinguished, were needed, it might characteristically be found in the designation of ‘the chit writers’.
1868		Out of the Meshes 208: Although she was thrown amongst dull, ridiculous, curry-eating fogies, still their pomps and vanities, and luxuries and glitter, were pretty nearly as substantial as the other pomps and vanities of the world.
1887		Chemist & Druggist 382/1: I am now, like most Anglo-Indians who have been in the country any length of time, a curry-eater.
[2014		Urban Dict. 26 Jan. 🌐 Curry Eater A slang term used as an offensive reference to Asian Indians. Usually used by intolerant racist jerks].

1. (Aus./N.Z.) a derog. term for an Indian; also as adj.

1900		Bulletin (Sydney) 14 Jul. 24/3: Unsophisticated chutnee and curry-eaters evidently expected two men from the same land and far away from home to fight on their merits. Ridiculous!
1988		McGill Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 33/1: curry-muncher Indian; offensive.
1993		Canberra Times (ACT) 7 June 12/2: The ad shows two children, an Asian and a European, and has a heading "KIA ORA — Slopehead, rice eyes, gook, nigger, wop, kike, curry muncher, coconut.
1997		S. Dreyfus Underground 🌐 Ch. x: One night they were at a nightclub when someone started taunting Anthrax, calling him ‘curry muncher’ and worse.
2000		Bug (Aus.) 24 Apr. 🌐 I can also understand how someone who’s perhaps just a little naive [...] can come under the evil spell of a smooth-talking curry muncher.
2003		McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].
2006		W. Chen Chutney Power and Stories 5: He thought about Dookeran, Ratan, Harrilal and Deodat, all ‘curry-mouth’ classmates who had left the fields [...] to become successful businessmen.
2009		P. McCabe Holy City 48: Fucking curry munchers [...] They’re getting in everywhere.

2. (N.Z.) a man who has sexual intercourse with an Indian woman [munch v.¹ (4)].

2003

McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl.

(US black) an Indian, a Hindu.

2000

Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 curry-nigger Definition: 1 A sucka from the far east as in India. 2 Hindu Example: That rice eat’n curry-niggar be runnin’ da Quickie Mart.

(S.Afr./US) a gay man who is attracted to Indian homosexuals.

1997–2002		Alt. Eng. Dict. 🌐 curry queen gay male who is attracted to East Indian homosexuals.
2003		K. Cage Gayle.

(Aus.) to attack (verbally or physically), ‘to make things hot’ for someone.

1911		Truth (Sydney) 15 Oct. 2/6: ‘Give him curry, Rice,’ was the cry from the Bandsman’s barrackers [...] and, in accordance with instructions from the crowd, Rice did go in and give the foe some curry.
1928		Truth (Sydney) 3 June 2/7: Flappers love their game of football [...] ‘Give him curry’ shrieked one lass as her particular ‘blue beauty’ tackled one of the ‘Snowies.’ ‘Sit on his head!’ screamed another.
1940		Land (Sydney) 13 Dec. 12/5: ‘Feet,’ he continued, ‘was always poor Sammy's weakest point. You remember how the corns used to give him curry?’.
1945		West Australian (Perth) 6 Oct. 3/3: ‘Good old dig — roared him up proper, didn’t he?" And another bloke said, ‘Too right he did, didn’t half give him curried hell, did he?’.
1951		D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 152: When most of the critics gave her curry over her exhibition, she woke up to herself and decided to have the only career there is for a woman.
1955		D. Niland Shiralee 44: He give ’em some curry.
1963		(con. 1944) L. Glassop Rats in New Guinea 194: Coupler days an’ I’ll be back, givin’ them Nips curry again.
1972		A. Chipper Aussie Swearers Guide 48: For other foody epithets with bite, note: Give him curry! (‘Give him hell!’).
1988		McGill Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 49/2: give someone curry to abuse or razz vigorously, often in sport; from the heat associated with curry.
2003		McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].