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[SA] M. Matshoba ‘Son of the First Generation’ Call Me Not A Man 66: Bro Zakes raised his eyebrows dumbfoundedly.
at bro, n.1
[SA] M. Matshoba ‘Glimpse of Slavery’ Call Me Not A Man 64: Putting the cards between the pages of my pass, he tossed it to me. ‘There’s your dompass. Go!’.
at dompass, n.
[SA] M. Matshoba ‘Pilgrimage to Makana’ Call Me Not A Man 108: There are also whites on the Island for similar reasons as the blacks.
at Island, the, n.
[SA] M. Matshoba ‘My Friend, the Outcast’ Call Me Not A Man 11: Jislaaik Gert! The blerry fools are still sitting!
at jislaaik!, excl.
[SA] M. Matshoba ‘My Friend, the Outcast’ Call Me Not A Man 5: Jong! You can’t even speak Afrikaans?
at jong!, excl.
[SA] M. Matshoba ‘Glimpse of Slavery’ Call Me Not A Man 64: When I meet you in the street I’m going to shoot you, kaffer!
at kaffir, n.
[SA] M. Matshoba ‘Land of a Dying Illusion’ Call Me Not A Man 145: She was focusing my interest as a prospective customer of the ‘Long Tom’, making sure I clearly understood the unusual capacity of the can.
at long tom, n.
[SA] M. Matshoba ‘Glimpse of Slavery’ Call Me Not A Man 36: We’re in for it now, majita.
at majita, n.
[SA] M. Matshoba ‘Pilgrimage to Makana’ Call Me Not A Man 93: Their eyes told me they already knew. Perhaps from a mugshot they had picked up from the pass department.
at mug shot, n.
[SA] M. Matshoba ‘Glimpse of Slavery’ Call Me Not A Man 64: I skated down the stairs on the soles of my takkies.
at takkie, n.
[SA] M. Matshoba Call Me Not A Man ix: The new principal [...] sneaked up on us and gave us tannings for the slightest transgression.
at tanning, n.
[SA] M. Matshoba ‘Pilgimage to Makana’ Call Me Not A Man 105: All racists must know that they’re nothing but a bunch of brain-washed zombies.
at zombie, n.
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