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Four People: A Novel of South Africa choose

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[SA] G. Gordon Four People 116: ‘Blerrie fool!’ Gus exploded.
at blerry, adj.
[SA] G. Gordon Four People 184: Slowly he repeated ‘Suffering from pass-itis.’ Then suddenly he broke into a mocking laugh.
at -itis, sfx
[SA] G. Gordon Four People 68: Here, Kaffir, get along!
at kaffir, n.
[SA] G. Gordon Four People 39: Her uncles [...] used to call her father a ‘Kafferboetie’, and condemn him as a traitor of their ancestral code of colour.
at kaffirboetie, n.
[SA] G. Gordon Four People 120: They’re up to no good, some of these people – shebeening.
at shebeen, v.
[SA] G. Gordon Four People 237: ‘Spoilers’ [...] That’s what they call these damn agitators.
at spoilers, n.
[SA] G. Gordon Four People 258: Let me ring you back as you are on a tickey phone.
at tickey-phone (n.) under tickey, n.
[SA] G. Gordon Four People 278: My God, these verdomde Kaffirs are getting far too cheeky.
at verdomde, adj.
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