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  • n  important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves
  • n  an offensive and insulting term for any Black African

  • Some initially promising ingredientssuch as kaffir limeproduced undrinkable beer.
  • When he stood up for the blacks, he was branded a kaffir-lover by his fellow whites.
  • A hurt kaffir stays a good kaffirfor a while.
News & Articles

  • Bonnie's Beer of the Week: Uncommon Brewers Siamese Twin
    WHAT: Uncommon Brewers has a clear vision: Make unique beer and serve it in a can. The Siamese Twin Ale hits the brewery's mission on the head with exotic flavors including coriander, kaffir lime and lemongrass. And the can? It supposedly keeps the taste fresh, allowing you to sip up the traditional Belgian-style double long after you purchase it -- not that it'll last in your fridge, but you ...
    June 18, 2013 - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Quotes

  • Irvin Khoza in The Times
    Khoza, who is also chairman of Orlando Pirates, said he had received a phone call from a reporter following up on the article, and Khoza told him: "Stop thinking like a kaffir because you are contriving and misleading about something that is not...
  • Imam Samudra in Streem
    I know better than you because I am Muslim and you are kaffir (infidel). You kaffir know nothing,Samudra says.
  • Ricky Martin in CNN
    In our country, derogatory terms such as 'kaffir' are taboo. Equally, our country must put words such as 'makwerekwere' and 'mantswantle' in the same category as 'kaffir'. A proper terminology must be found for Africans from outside South Africa.... Motsoko Pheko http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motsoko_Pheko&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF6gZZSPe1W5Vvw84XJi1sh5BKY1A Independent Online http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php%3Fset_id%3D1%26click_id%3D15%26art_id%3Dvn20080530061835243C222825&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGV18UzUdusluIAqAfc3YnZTrF3ag May 29, 2008 55258 73092 kaffiyeh I had no idea that the kaffiyeh scarf presented to me contained language referring to Jerusalem, and I apologize to anyone who might think I was endorsing its message," Martin said in a statement released Monday by his New York-based publicist,...

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