Meaning of kaffir dog | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of hunting dog used by indigenous peoples in parts of southern Africa; (loosely), a mongrel dog.

Examples

“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.”

“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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