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  • Then, changing from his garage shoes, which were always covered in oil, to the scuffed and dusty suede veldschoens that he liked to wear outside, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni made his way to the back of the yard where he had planted several rows of beans under an awning of shade netting.

    The Kalahari Typing School For Men Smith, Alexander McCall 2002

  • He was wearing just a pair of shorts and his veldschoens.

    Tears Of The Giraffe Smith, Alexander McCall, 1948- 2000

  • Veldschoens of home manufacture were never wanting, but in these latter days veldschoens are regarded with contempt.

    The Boer in Peace and War Arthur M. Mann

  • His dress was very primitive, and his home-made veldschoens were very large, but he was a healthy-looking boy.

    The Boer in Peace and War Arthur M. Mann

  • Hides and skins were also collected from the tribesmen, and their tanners were set to work to assist in making veldschoens (shoes), velbroeks

    Chapter VIII Solomon Tshekisho 1916

  • Old riding-boots with dusty spurs and a pair of veldschoens stood by the wall; a pair of trodden-down carpet slippers lay beside a big cheap zinc bath that stood there, full of cold water; some well-used pipes were on the chest of drawers, with a tin of Virginia; and an old brown camel's-hair dressing-gown hung over a castorless, shabby,

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

  • He was dressed in a black broadcloth tailed-coat, flannel shirt, and cord breeches, wore heavy veldschoens, and carried a Mauser rifle, as did everybody else, and had a long hunting-knife as well as a heavy six-shooter in the wide canvas pouch-belt, and a bandolier heavy with cartridges.

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

  • He went along now, under the influence of it, scarcely feeling the ground under his heavy leather veldschoens.

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

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