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Cape Times 24 Nov. 7: Their Transvaal brethren [...] admit that the Blikoors [...] are the best body of men round Ladysmith [DSAE].at Blikoor, n.
Cape Times 24 Nov. 7: Their Transvaal brethren [...] admit that the Blikoors [...] are the best body of men round Ladysmith [DSAE]. Cape Times 25 Oct. in Pettman Africanderisms n.p.: No, my friend, give your burgher rights to Hollanders and other schmeerlaps, but not for me, thanks.at smeerlap, n.
Cape Times 23 May n.p.: If the ‘sky blue’, languishing in prison, considers that he has been framed by one of his previous cronies (variously known as chummies, pallie blues, or beans) he will ‘carry him in his heart’ until he can . . . get his revenge [DSUE].at sky blue, n.
Cape Times 23 May n.p.: If the ‘sky blue’, languishing in prison, considers that he has been framed by one of his previous cronies (variously known as chummies, pallie blues, or beans) he will ‘carry him in his heart’ until he can . . . get his revenge [DSUE].at carry someone in one’s heart (v.) under carry, v.
Cape Times 23 May letter n.p.: Jintoe, probably from a French ship carrying women, which put in at the Cape many years ago [DSUE].at gentoo, n.
Cape Times in DU (1950) 299: When the gang is on a job there is always a lookout, [...] who will ‘gooi a canary’ (whistle) if he should sight a diener or Transvaler.at gooi a canary (v.) under gooi, v.
Cape Times cited in DU (1950).at lightie, n.
Cape Times 29 Nov. 16: The Peninsula had a ‘monkey’s wedding’ rainfall yesterday with the sun shining at intervals and rain falling intermittently [DSAE].at monkey’s wedding (n.) under monkey, n.
Cape Times 10 Sept. 8: The ‘Tsotsi’ may be distinguished by his exceedingly narrow trousers which hardly reach his shoes, or else by his ‘zoot suit’ [DSAE].at tsotsi, n.
Cape Times 17 June (Wkend Mag.) 5: The pay of the mailer is good [...] Added to this there is an occasional dop from both shebeener and customer [DSAE].at dop, n.1
Cape Times Weekend Mag. 17 June 5: As soon as the bottle store opens, the mailer is there. He gets his regulation two bottles and takes this to the shebeen. Then he goes to another bottle-store for a further two bottles. And so he goes on the whole day [DSAE].at mailer, n.
Cape Times 14 May [cartoon caption] No more penny, no more ollap, no more stuiwer and jus’ now no tickey. Jislike! The old Cape tradition is taking a beating [DSAE].at oulap, n.
Cape Times 16 May n.p.: There should be a match arranged between the Springboks and an Invitation side from the hairiest hairy-back elements of the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch [DSAE].at hairy, n.3
Cape Times July 1 20: She and a boy friend went to a party [...] and drank ‘boom tea’ (tea made from dagga) [DSAE].at boom tea (n.) under boom, n.2
Cape Times 3 July Mag. 4: I watch the activity for a while, and then I get the horries that the rodents might eat me.at horries, n.
Cape Times Mag. 3 July 4: Boon makes us a lekker zol of B.B. tobacco [...] and we skuif it down to a slimy half-inch butt [DSAE].at skuif, v.
Cape Times 1 Dec. 11: Smoking dagga green is mostly for the beginner and soon he becomes addicted to smoking his ‘skuif’ or ‘pil’ white. (The term white indicates that mandrax tablets ground to a fine white powder have been sprinkled onto the smoker’s green dagga.) [DSAE].at smoke it white (v.) under smoke, v.1
Cape Times 9 Jan. 5: Four battle-scarred shaven ex-‘Bloubaadjies’ – long term prisoners – had heard a noise emanating from the darkened building and decided to investigate [DSAE].at bloubaadjie (n.) under blou, adj.
Cape Times 29 Apr., n.p.: This list included lying; bad temper and naughtiness in general; Judas; dim hands; Milner, Kitchener, Jameson and Rhodes; all Khakies; all Englishmen [DSAE].at khaki, n.
Cape Times 28 Mar. 2: Varkie’s days are numbered. The Minister [...] yesterday asked wine producers and dealers to take immediate steps to phase out the notorious ‘swartvarkie’ 20l wine container [...] Although he did not intend proceeding with legislation to ban the ‘swart varkie’ [...] he agreed the container should disappear [DSAE].at swart varkie, n.
Cape Times 27 Oct. 5: First it was the ‘happy box’, the five-litre bag-in-box wine package that swept the wine trade some time ago, now it’s the instant refill [DSAE].at happy box (n.) under happy, adj.
in Cape Times 21 Dec. 17: In Natal and the Eastern Cape they have a different name for the polite ‘tourists’. It’s ‘K’daars’ as in ‘Kyk, daar!’, said by urchins in grubby khaki pants to fathers in grubby khaki pants ... To the locals k’daars are people with stomachs over shorts, strange accents and combs and cheque books in their socks [DSAE].at ky’daar, n.
Cape Times 14 Jan. n.p.: The deceased told us he was a ‘frans-man’ (a person who does not belong to a gang) [...] gave the order for all the fransmanne to put their heads under their blankets [...] They added ‘the one who moves his head will also die.’ [DSAE].at fransman, n.
Cape Times 18 Aug. n.p.: Commemorate the ‘swartvarkie’ — that 25l. demijohn of fond memory in which dedicated vaaljapie men used to buy their tipple [DSAE].at swart varkie, n.
Cape Times 2 Sept. n.p.: Gossiping is as old as speech ... So it wasn’t much of a surprise to overhear the latest skinder within minutes of sitting down at an international fashion show [DSAE].at skinder, n.
Cape Times 19 Apr. in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. (1991) 57/1: When a ‘button-kop’ (Mandrax user) like me puts out his hand he needs immediate help.at button, n.1
Cape Times 4 Sept. 6: If I meet a cop armed with revolver, truncheon, quirt, tear-gas, rubber bullets and a gun full of birdshot, and he tells me to disperse or he’ll donner me, I don’t argue with him [DSAE].at donner, v.
Cape Times (SA) 12 July 🌐 Six law enforcement officers [...] forcibly detained blind busker [...] Nono, 51, [who] was dragged away from the spot where he has busked since 2008.at busk, v.
Cape Times (SA) 12 July 🌐 [heading] less dazzle than frazzle. Public relations junkets are no holiday.at frazzle, n.
Cape Times 2 Sept. 🌐 Each of these was greeted with not much more than a shrug and an ‘Ag shame!’.at ag!, excl.
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