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Meanings of kaffirs in English
A slur used to refer to indigenous black people in South Africa; derived from the Arabic term for "unbeliever", i.e. pagan.
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Examples for "kaffir"
Examples for "kaffir"
1
He was on a kaffir path heading out to who knows where.
2
I gave you your kaffir concert, now I want my brigadier concert!
3
I admit I phoned Pretoria about the kaffir concert, I admit that.
4
Always remember, when you hit a kaffir, stay away from his head.
5
But Granpa Chook had done enough running for one old kaffir chicken.
1
There was one respectable thing in that store-itwas the Kaffer storeman.
2
An old Kaffer maid knelt at the door of one grinding mealies.
3
They walked round the foot of the kopje and past the Kaffer huts.
4
One day a snake curls itself round the waist of a Kaffer woman.
5
Our little wagon that we have made, we give to the little Kaffers.
1
Momberg will now become the first person jailed for using the k-word.
2
A racist incident is not just a white person calling a black person the k-word.
3
She unleashed the k-word more than 40 times.
4
He called referred to them as the k-word and allegedly attacked them with a pick handle.
5
Allegedly, the suspects proceeded to call Ndzongana and Nelumoni the k-word while throwing alcohol over them.
Usage of kaffirs in English
1
I could understand their hatred for the English and the kaffirs.
2
I'm telling you, it's blery hard work for two big kaffirs.
3
Black people are still called kaffirs, and coloured people are nowhere.
4
You go home at night, the kaffirs'll torch the place.
5
King sent one of his kaffirs to the police station to ask for our help.
6
The kaffirs use them to get around, Hansie said.
7
There is nothing at the station to see, only sleeping kaffirs waiting for the train.
8
St. John, that school, does it also teach kaffirs? I could see he was suddenly confused.
9
Please, Meneer, he hates kaffirs just like you.
10
He sells beans to kaffirs and coloureds.
11
Nor could he have any kaffirs with him who knew the secret of the Place of the Snake.
12
Not even kaffirs, which isn't natural.
13
And Boers just hate kaffirs anyway.
14
He liked to help people, and he once told me he only hit kaffirs if they really did wrong.
15
We don't have to worry about them mixing blood with us or the kaffirs because it's against their religion.
16
For kaffirs. Hansie had the dumbstruck look of an idiot asked to explain the facts of life to an imbecile.
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