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[SA] J. Stirk in Cook Maids and Madams (1980) 219: Fifty-five Kaffir women arrived here from Grahamstone on their way to Kaffirland.
at Kaffirland (n.) under kaffir, n.
[SA] J. Cock Maids and Madams 67: It has been suggested that the biggest single ‘brain drain’ in industrialised societies today is ‘down the kitchen sink’.
at brain drain (n.) under brain, n.1
[SA] J. Cock Maids and Madams 67: Domestic workers are also called intama yezinja, ‘dog’s meat’, by workers in other occupational roles, for it is said that employers tend to buy them inexpensive and ‘horrid’ meat. [Ibid.] 151: Another said ‘I give her what the dogs wouldn’t like’ [...] 12 per cent gave ‘servants’ meat’ daily.
at dog’s meat, n.
[SA] J. Cock Maids and Madams 219: Travelling to Kaffirland must have been hazardous.
at Kaffirland (n.) under kaffir, n.
[SA] J. Cock Maids and Madams 226: By this time [1930s] it was largely defined as ‘Kaffir work’.
at kaffir, adj.
[SA] J. Cock Maids and Madams 27: The only time she sees her children is during her ‘off’ on Sunday afternoons.
at off, n.2
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