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1. Abelungu, n. View full entry 1836
...With sing. or pl. concord. White people collectively. Cf. mlungu, umlungu2....
2. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
3. Af, n. View full entry 1974
...In southern Africa, esp. in Zimbabwe and South Africa: a black African....
4. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
5. bavian, n. View full entry a1625
...Usu. with capital initial. A character in a morris dance representing a baboon, and typically engaging in wild, foolish, or lewd behaviour....
6. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
7. black jack, n.2 View full entry c1540
...A large, tar-coated leather jug for beer. Cf. black bowlblack5a. Now hist....
8. blue, adj. and n. View full entry c1300
...Of a colour of the spectrum intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or deep sea on a clear day....
9. boss, n.6 View full entry 1806
...An orig. American equivalent of ‘master’ in the sense of employer of labour; applied also to a business manager, or any one who has a right to give orders. In England at...
10. coloured | colored, adj. and n. View full entry a1325
...Having a colour or colours; that is or has been coloured. Also as the second element in compounds....
11. coolie, n. View full entry 1622
...In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian labourer working abroad (now chiefly...
12. coon, n. View full entry 1742
...The raccoon (Procyon lotor), a carnivorous animal of North America....
13. cracker, n. View full entry 1509
...gen....
14. dump, n.4 View full entry 1825
...(Chiefly U.S.) A pile or heap of refuse or other matter ‘dumped’ or thrown down. spec. A pile of ore, earth, etc., which accumulates during mining operations; esp....
15. girl, n. View full entry c1300
...Chiefly in pl. A child of either sex; a young person. Now Irish English (Wexford)....
16. hotnot, n. View full entry 1846
...offensive. = Hottentot1a. Now rare....
17. Hottentot, n. and adj. View full entry 1677
...= Khoekhoe1....
18. job, n.2 View full entry 1557
...A piece of work; esp. a small and discrete piece of work done as part of one's regular occupation or profession....
19. Kaffir, n. and adj. View full entry 1785
...= caffre1, ‘infidel’, Giaour....
20. lady, n. View full entry eOE
...The female head of a household; a woman who has authority over servants, attendants, or slaves (now chiefly arch. or hist.). Cf. lady of the house1a(a)...
