kitchen kaffir

kitchen kaffir
noun
Usage: usually capitalized both Ks
Etymology: kitchen (II)
: a pidgin language based on Xhosa, Afrikaans, and English and sometimes used in communication between Europeans and Africans in So. Africa

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kitchen Dutch or kitchen Kaffir noun (obs S Afr)
A mixture of Dutch or Kaffir with English, used in speaking to native servants
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Main Entry:kitchen

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kitchen Kafir or Kitchen Kaffir,
a South African pidgin language: »

A wonderful langûage is kitchen Kafir, a weird medley of dialects, interspersed with English words (Cape Argus).


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