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Theatre Two: New South African Drama choose

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[SA] Randlords and Rotgut in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 99: Jislaaik, I’ll have thirty shillings deducted from your salaries.
at jislaaik!, excl.
[SA] Randlords and Rotgut in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 92: Don’t be a loser, come and phuza!
at phuza, v.
[SA] Randlords and Rotgut in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 99: Hey, you drunken swartgat.
at swartgat, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 51: jimmie: What you potting in there? bo-bo: Brandy. jimmie: Give you a terrible babalas, Bo-bo.
at babalaas, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 36: When I was a lightie I didn’t even have an autie. When I wanted to kraak down the town I had to battle some start off my old queen [...] so’s I could get the bladdy bus.
at battle, v.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 36: You heard of my boetie, Paulie – ? And ou Abba and those jollers?
at boet, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 49: Lekker boogie.
at boogie, n.4
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 46: The Brammie boys over from Joeys on their irons, and Abba’s ous, all the biggest brekers in Pretoria.
at breker, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 54: How can we get cased? We don’t even know each other.
at cased, adj.2
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 40: Listen Howellsie. Don’t chat us sleg now.
at chat, v.1
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 40: The cherry with the blond hair is good for a grip, ek se.
at cherry, n.1
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 40: My broer’s chommie’s got one.
at chommie, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 39: I had to beat the koeli down.
at coolie, n.1
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 46: Vreks. ’s what I call them ... students and clerks and fancy-pants, la-di-das and cops and toecap sandals, khaki shorts and short back and sides ... they’re always against the jollers.
at la-di-da(h), n.1
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 49: You know why, Howellsie? ’Cause they got dik guys like you who don’t know no better working their guts out for ’em.
at dik, adj.1
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 59: Howellsie dondered a cop.
at donder, v.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 35: jimmie: Y’know who I am? boy: Sure. You’ Jimmie. Used to be a ducktail.
at ducktail (n.) under duck, n.1
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 38: sooliman: Twenty-five shillings. jimmie: Don’t tune me skraal. Spot you a quid for it, ek se.
at ek se, phr.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 40: Sometimes I think those weights you gooi give you muscles in your head. [Ibid.] Don’t gooi me any lip, man.
at gooi, v.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 44: Hell, I fancy that dark-haired goosey.
at goosie, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 51: Hey, lekker graze. (Wolfs down several more sandwiches).
at graze, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 40: The little cherry with the blonde hair is good for a grip, ek se.
at grip, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 44: Hell, I fancy that dark-haired goosey. [...] D’you check the way she sort of looked at me? I think I’m in there.
at in, adv.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 46: The Brammie boys over from Joeys on their irons, and Abba’s ous, all the biggest brekers in Pretoria.
at iron, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 45: jimmie: How old’s that dolly, Howellsie? [...] howellsie (reluctantly): Fourteen. bo-bo (gives shout of laughter): Jailbait!
at jailbait, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 52: Ou maat, jus’ pass me the keys for your jammie.
at jammy, n.1
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 46: The Brammie boys over from Joeys on their irons, and Abba’s ous, all the biggest brekers in Pretoria.
at Joeys, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 36: You heard of my boetie, Paulie –? And ou Abba and those jollers? [Ibid.] 46: All the biggest brekers in Pretoria. Battling the students. All round the Square – jollers against vrekkers. [...] Vreks. ’s what I call them ... students and clerks and fancy-pants, la-di-das and cops and toecap sandals, khaki shorts and short back and sides ... they’re always against the jollers.
at joller, n.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 36: When I was a lightie I didn’t even have an autie. When I wanted to kraak down the town I had to battle some start off my old queen [...] so’s I could get the bladdy bus.
at kraak, v.
[SA] C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 35: You’re a cheeky little lightie.
at lightie, n.
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