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[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 54: This is Transvaal where we know all about kaffers and ‘capeys’.
at Capey, n.
[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 254: Don’t lie to us, coolie!
at coolie, n.1
[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 60: ‘These boys were chasing us.’ ‘Why?’ One of the European boys spoke up: ‘The policeman told us to donner them.’ [DSAE].
at donner, v.
[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 191: It’s only when a kaffer’s cheeky he gets it in the neck.
at get it in the neck, v.
[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 209: Because of the appearance of their perspex panels they were soon known as ‘Nylons’; or they were referred to by the city name of ‘kwela-kwela’.
at nylon, n.
[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 225: Hell, ou maat, tonight I’m getting solid drunk.
at ou, adj.
[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 225: Let’s get poegaaied Have a drink, man; drown your troubles!
at poegaaied, adj.
[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 293: Worse than Russia-gangs. [Note] Gangs of Basuto, mostly in the urban areas round Johannesburg, who attacked Africans of other tribes, driving them from their homes, and popularly known as ‘Russians.’.
at Russian, n.
[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 225: I’m getting drunk to-night – solid stinking plastered.
at solid, adv.2
[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 225: I’m getting drunk to-night – solid stinking plastered.
at stinking, adv.
[UK] C. Hooper Brief Authority 87: We did not actually witness the reaction of a certain Zeerust tannie to the spectacle.
at tannie, n.
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