NOUN
- important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
- an offensive and insulting term for any Black African
How To Use kaffir In A Sentence
- With the other he seized the top of a wooden packing-box, and holding this in front of his chest and abdomen as a Kaffir would hold his pavise, or rawhide shield, to ward off a thrust from an assagai, he walked straight toward his adversary. With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon
- Combretums grow in large numbers and there are giant sycamore figs, mkuhlus, maroelas, kiaats and spectacular flowering trees such as the white pear and the red and orange kaffirboom.
- Citrus leaves can be used in stews, soups and curry dishes – and the particularly infamous for that are the Kaffir lime leaves, often used in Thai curries and soups. Archive 2007-05-01
- The sensuous milk bath is scented with fresh rose petals, kaffir lime and stimulating essential oils.
- Kaffir blankets haunted the refuse-heaps, and fought with gaunt dogs for picked bones and empty meat-tins, and were found dead not unseldom, after full meals of strange and dreadful things. The Dop Doctor
- They have proved themselves apt pupils, and to-day you will see in the glens of the Berg and in the plains Kaffir tillage which is as scientific as any in Africa. Prester John
- October 19th, 2009 8: 50am phil, kaffir is nonbeliever the muslims call this to non muslims and it is Arabic, Kaffir, Kufri it doesn't really matter which way you want to say, they call this to Christians if they are white black or yellow, Jewish, Hindu, Chinese, it is not limited to black Africans like South African Christians it is nothing to do with Africans or black because you can't call a muslim African from Nigeria to Kaffir it doesn't make sense steve On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
- His creations include the Kama Sutra, a vodka-based drink which includes Demerara syrup, a dash of grenadine and fresh skinned ginger, garnished with a kaffir lime leaf.
- As a target of speculation, there is no rational basis for its price, just like the Dutch tulip or northeast with kaffir prices, mainly by speculators gambling psychological decided.
- This is their characteristic diplomacy -- the fruit of generations of sharpening wits against savages; and the same is called Kaffir cunning, and is not understood at first by European people. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs
