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A Dinner of Herbs choose

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[SA] K. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 19: About the year 1846 when small bands of ‘Wild Kaffirs’ frequently strayed from [...] the borders of ‘Kaffirland’ and infiltrated into the surrounding districts.
at Kaffirland (n.) under kaffir, n.
[SA] K. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 18: Their women folk, each called Mary, just as the Indian males were known as Sammy, hawked fruit and vegetables in flat baskets.
at Mary, n.
[SA] K. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 18: The Indian males were known as Sammy.
at sammy, n.
[SA] K. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 30: The meat is divided between my fowls, the dogs and the volkies who are only too glad to share it with them.
at volkie, n.
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