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takhaar S. Afr.|ˈtɑːkhɑː(r)|
Also taakhaar, takhar, and with capital initial. Pl. -e or -s.
[a. Afrikaans, f. Du. tak branch + haar hair.]
A rustic or unsophisticated person (with derog. implication of unkempt appearance). Also attrib. or as adj. and in transf. use.
1899Graaff Reinet Advertiser 20 Nov. (Pettman), There are several other poems, one of which urges the Takhaar Boers to ‘Fight, fight, fight!’ 1906A. R. Colquhoun Afrikander Land 217 With the passing of the old Taak haare the little bit of picturesqueness will be gone. 1910J. Buchan Prester John ii. 44 The place..gives the ordinary man the jumps... It may be the natives, or it may be the taakhaars, or it may be something else. 1931T. J. Haarhoff Vergil in Exper. of S. Africa 15 The early consuls were described as capillati, and the trekkers as takhare. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Dec. 979/2 This motive leads him [sc. Haarhoff] to look for special points of resemblance..between the capillati consules and the takhaar Voortrekkers. 1942S. Cloete Hill of Doves xxvii. 378 A couple of Takhaars. Two backvelders who said I was a spy. 1971Rand Daily Mail 25 May 11 Commentator X (well known for his scathing comments on British ‘takhare’). 1972Het Suid-Western 16 Mar. 2 A political meeting of takhare in the deep north. |