Green’s Dictionary of Slang
S. Gordon Under the Harrow 22: You blokes must teach him. He’s an appie.at appy, n.
S. Gordon Under the Harrow 265: Bowser: a petrol pump. The name derives from the American firm, Bowser, which supplied the first pumps in South Africa.at bowser, n.3
S. Gordon Under the Harrow 160: They gazed at the evening line-up of the volkies, each with a jam tin to be half-filled with wine. This was the dop system whereby a daily wine ration was sometimes given in lieu of money.at dop, n.1
S. Gordon Under the Harrow 129: We referred to them (the Afrikaners) as jaapies and sit as far away as possible from them.at jaap, n.
S. Gordon Under the Harrow 228: We really jolled, and the blacks can do that!at jol, v.
S. Gordon Under the Harrow 175: At the back was a cabbage patch and the kleinhuisie (Little house), the euphemism for the long-drop lavatory.at kleinhuisie, n.
S. Gordon Under the Harrow 88: They’re all married; the youngest was eighteen (a shotgun marriage).at shotgun wedding, n.
S. Gordon Under the Harrow 87: An Afrikaans businessman seemed to think that he must be able to verneuk another person to be successful.at verneuk, v.
S. Gordon Under the Harrow 160: They gazed at the evening line-up of the volkies, each with a jam tin to be half-filled with wine. This was the dop system whereby a daily wine ration was sometimes given in lieu of money.at volkie, n.
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