kaffir dog

English

kaffir dog (plural kaffir dogs)

A type of hunting dog used by indigenous peoples in parts of southern Africa; (loosely), a mongrel dog. [from 19th c.]
- 1882, Sarah Heckford, A Lady Trader in the Transvaal, page 61:
  Did she see a half-starved Kaffir dog look in at her kitchen door or crawl trembling towards the dresser, it was not "Furtseck," or "Get out," that she would cry, but "What a shame to starve that poor thing so!" and a piece of bread or meat was sure to be offered.
- 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 276:
  A stray kaffir dog, his skeleton showing clear through tight skin, lay in the pit of blue shade outside the veranda.

单词	kaffir dog
释义	kaffir dog English Noun kaffir dog (plural kaffir dogs) A type of hunting dog used by indigenous peoples in parts of southern Africa; (loosely), a mongrel dog. [from 19th c.] 1882, Sarah Heckford, A Lady Trader in the Transvaal, page 61: Did she see a half-starved Kaffir dog look in at her kitchen door or crawl trembling towards the dresser, it was not "Furtseck," or "Get out," that she would cry, but "What a shame to starve that poor thing so!" and a piece of bread or meat was sure to be offered. 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 276: A stray kaffir dog, his skeleton showing clear through tight skin, lay in the pit of blue shade outside the veranda.
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