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The Drum choose

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[SA] Drum n.p.: But despite all this there are some Joburgers who wouldn't move for all the money in the world.
at Joburger (n.) under Joburg, n.
[SA] ‘Mr Drum’ in Drum Apr. 6: Take this spice-and-pepper language known as the Lingo or ‘Die witty van die reely-reely majietas’ (The language of the real McCoy bright-boys) [DSAE].
at majita, n.
[SA] Drum n.d. 79: They buy most of these fashion [illeg.] on their days off — usually referred to as ‘Sheila's Day’ by the boys- when they are in town either window-shopping or going the movies.
at sheila-day, n.
[SA] Drum 8 Apr. 19 n.p.: Maybe they were jealous of our expensive Jewish. We pay for the clothes because we can afford them [DSAE].
at jewish, n.
[SA] Drum 8 Nov. n.p.: A yung cop in a kwela-kwela [...] gave chase.
at kwela-kwela, n.
[SA] Drum n.d. 12/1: When we formed Abashante we decided to do something extreme, so we went for the ‘cheesekop’ look.
at cheesekop (n.) under cheese, n.1
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