Definitions

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  • noun South Africa, pejorative An idiot, a fool; a country bumpkin.

Etymologies

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From Afrikaans moegoe and Camtho moegoe; further etymology uncertain.

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Examples

  • Anybody who questions this value system is a moegoe or a mampara.

    ANC Today 2002

  • Anybody who questions this value system is a moegoe or a mampara.

    ANC Today 2002

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