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1. Af, n. View full entry 1974
...In southern Africa, esp. in Zimbabwe and South Africa: a black African....
2. ag, int. View full entry 1936
...Expressing regret, sympathy, dismissiveness, reproach, etc....
3. agterskot, n. View full entry 1918
...The final deferred payment to a farmer for a crop or quantity of wool clipped, paid by a cooperative society, agricultural board, etc., consisting of the difference between the total amount due...
4. Alhaji, n. View full entry 1951
...In Nigeria and other areas of West Africa: = Al-Hajj1....
5. baasskap, n. View full entry 1935
...Domination, esp. of white over non-white South Africans. Cf. boss-ship...
6. babalaas, adj. and n. View full entry 1947
...Suffering from a hangover, hung-over....
7. ˈbackveld, n. View full entry 1905
...In S. Africa, the primitive or unprogressive rural districts lying away from the towns. Also attrib....
8. biskop, n. View full entry 1902
...Either of two species of S. African fishes, namely the white biskop, Sparodon durbanensis, and the black, or blue, biskop, Cymatoceps nasutus....
9. blaasop, n. View full entry 1902
...A puff-fish: see puff1....
10. blerry, adj. View full entry 1920
...= bloody8. Cf. plurry...
11. boet, n. View full entry 1920
...A brother. Also prefixed to a man's first name as an informal title....
12. BOSS, n.9 View full entry 1969
...The state security service of the Republic of South Africa, established in 1969 and renamed National Intelligence Service in 1978....
13. boykie, n. View full entry 1974
...A boy, a young man, esp. one regarded as very successful or talented....
14. braaivleis, n. View full entry 1939
...An out-door meal, esp. a picnic, at which meat is grilled; a barbecue....
15. Broederbond, n. View full entry 1935
...A largely secret society (founded in 1918) promoting the interests of and restricted in membership to male, Protestant Afrikaners....
16. bundu, n. View full entry 1946
...A remote rural region; the wilds; = the back of beyondbeyond2. Also attrib....
17. cheesa, n. View full entry 1915
...Used attrib., esp. in cheesa stick (see quots.)....
18. chermoula, n. View full entry 1974
...In North African cookery: a sauce or marinade for fish or meat, typically containing olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, coriander, and other herbs and spices; (also) a fish or meat dish served...
19. chink, n.6 View full entry 1949
...Short for chinkerincheecolloq....
20. chinkerinchee, n. View full entry 1904
...A popular name for the liliaceous bulbous plant Ornithogalum thyrsoides, bearing white to golden-yellow flowers in a dense 12- to 30-flowered raceme....
