kaffir

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But I know my kaffir, and I sized up this black Englishman instantly.

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  1. noun A tropical African variety of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) grown in dry regions and in the Great Plains for grain and forage. Also called kaffir corn.

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  • A wealth of racist terminology was brought to bear, to dehumanize the enemy, making such massacres palatable: the kaffir, the jap and the gook. —  Energy Bulletin -
  • (Lucky they haven't broken yet) and sorry to even type this word, kaffir-lips. —  Doula Mel
  • Would the BBC sack anybody saying the word "kaffir" in private!?! —  Not Proud Of Britain (But Would Like To Be)
  • I was not allowed to refer to a black man as "boy", as some other Afrikaans did, or use derogatory terms such as kaffir that were commonplace in Afrikaan homes. —  Life and style | guardian.co.uk
  • He saw a black judge and called him a drunken kaffir, it's a criminal offence to say that ... he humiliated him. —  News24
 

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  1. Short for kaffir corn, probably translation of Afrikaans kafferkoring : kaffer, Kaffir (from Arabic kāfir; see Kaffir) + koring, corn.
 

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