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[SA] C. Meredith Peggy of Cape Town 61: Mostert became in turn an ‘animal,’ [...] ‘brute’ and ‘skunk’.
at animal, n.1
[SA] C. Meredith Peggy of Cape Town 83: The girl entered the room, followed by the elderly Chinaman. [...] ‘What you do,’ demanded the celestial. ‘You killee my friend, eh?’.
at celestial, n.
[SA] C. Meredith Peggy of Cape Town 31: Hotel proprietors shook their heads and said they were ‘full up’ when they learnt that Kenneth Megrath was a ‘lunger’.
at lunger, n.
[SA] C. Meredith Peggy of Cape Town 31: If you’ve got a cough here, pas op, that’s all.
at pas op!, excl.
[SA] C. Meredith Peggy of Cape Town 89: ‘Rats!,’ said his wife, lighting a cigarette, and surveying him with an air of insouciance.
at rats!, excl.
[SA] C. Meredith Peggy of Cape Town 89: Sis, man, don’t be such a vrot thing; look on the bright side.
at sis!, excl.
[SA] C. Meredith Peggy of Cape Town 33: ‘What does “vrot” mean, Peggy?’ ‘Rotten,’ said the girl. [Ibid.] 89: Sis, man, don’t be such a vrot thing; look on the bright side.
at vrot, adj.
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