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On trek in the Transvaal; or, Over berg and veldt in South Africa choose

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[SA] in H.A. Roche Trek in the Transvaal (1878) 21: Jim the Kafir, Sam the Coolie, or Tom the little Oomfan, – all equally ‘Boys’.
at Jim, n.1
[SA] in H.A. Roche Trek in the Transvaal (1878) 156: The Zulus are the ‘big swells’ amongst the Kafirs.
at swell, n.1
[SA] in H.A. Roche Trek in the Transvaal (1878) 139: An unmitigated ‘topper,’ stove-pipe, [...] crowns him.
at topper, n.3
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