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[SA] Cape Herald n.p.: The price of a bout of bacchanalian altar is still the groggy head [...] rubber knees and the floating stomach – the age-old ‘babbelas’.
at babalaas, n.
[SA] Cape Herald 22 Sept. B2: Because ‘Mariamma’ was a common name among Indian women and ‘Mun-samy’ among the men, we were referred to as ‘Marys and Sammies’. This was considered to be insulting [DSAE].
at Mary, n.
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