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1. adam's fig, n. View full entry c1602
...The fruit of any of several plants of the genus Musa; a banana or plantain. Also (in full Adam's fig tree) the plant itself. Now hist....
2. bamboo, n. View full entry 1598
...A genus of giant-grasses (genus Bambusa), numerous species of which are common throughout the tropics. Also the stem of any of these used as a stick, or as material....
3. 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....
4. 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....
5. compound, n.2 View full entry 1679
...The enclosure within which a (European) residence or factory stands, in India, China, and other Eastern countries....
6. diederik | diedrik, n. View full entry 1790
...A small African cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius (see quot. 1790)....
7. Dingaan('s) apricot, n. View full entry 1853
...A name for the keiapple (kei-apple) in KwaZulu-Natal province (formerly Natal)....
8. girl, n. View full entry c1300
...Chiefly in pl. A child of either sex; a young person. Now Irish English (Wexford)....
9. Jacob Evertsen, n. View full entry 1727
...Any of several marine food fishes distinguished by reddish skin and large eyes, esp. Sebastichthys capensis....
10. kwaito, n. View full entry 1996
...A type of South African popular dance music incorporating elements of hip-hop and house music. Cf. kwaai2....
11. lash, v.1 View full entry c1330
...intr. To make a sudden movement; to dash, fly, rush, spring, start. Of light: To flash. Of tears, water: To pour, rush. Occas. with allusion to lash2. Also...
12. majat, n. View full entry 1956
...Marijuana; esp. that of an inferior grade....
13. Manchester, n. View full entry 1552
...attrib. Designating or relating to various cotton goods formerly produced in Manchester, as Manchester cotton, etc. Now rare....
14. marabi, n. View full entry 1933
...A type of working-class culture originating in the townships of Pretoria during the 1930s; a drinking and dancing party characteristic of this culture. Also: a style of popular music associated with this...
15. market, n. View full entry lOE
...A meeting or gathering together of people for the purchase and sale of provisions or livestock, publicly displayed, at a fixed time and place; the occasion or time of this. Also: the...
16. miraa, n. View full entry 1945
...The leaves and twigs of the shrub khat, Catha edulis, which contain a stimulant drug; (also) the shrub itself. See kat...
17. Miss Lucy, n. View full entry 1949
...In the Eastern Cape province of South Africa: a red and silver marine fish, Chrysoblephus gibbiceps (family Sparidae) found off the coast; also called Lucy and...
18. MK, n.5 View full entry 1964
...= Umkhonto we Sizwe; a member of this organization....
19. Modjadji, n. View full entry 1897
...The Rain Queen, the hereditary queen of the Lobedu people of Limpopo province (formerly northern Transvaal) of South Africa, believed to have special powers including the ability to bring rain....
20. Molteno, n. View full entry 1911
...Veterinary Med.attrib., esp. in Molteno disease. Designating or relating to ragwort poisoning (seneciosis) in livestock, esp. cattle....
