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Definition of Kaffir boom

1. Noun. Small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds.

2. Noun. Small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kaffir Boom

kaed kaeing kaempferol kaempferols kaersutite kaes kaf kafal kaffeeklatch kaffeeklatches

kaffeeklatsch kaffeeklatschen kaffeeklatsches kaffir kaffir boom (current term) kaffir bread kaffir cat kaffir corn kaffir lime kaffir limes

kaffirs kaffiya kaffiyah kaffiyahs kaffiyas kaffiyeh kaffiyehs kaffle kaffles

Literary usage of Kaffir boom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa by James Backhouse (1844)
"Kaffir-boom. — Subterranean Granaries.—Robberies.—Caffer Commandoes.—Fines.—Burnings for the Dead.—Building of Huts.—Caffer- cora.—Sweet Cane. ..."

2. Index to the Periodicals of ...American periodicals (1895)
"326 Mines and the " kaffir boom," see Subheading Transvaal and Other ... Nov, 263 The kaffir boom ; the New Banking, Bank, LXI. Feb, 197 Kaffir Finance, ..."

3. Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South Africanby Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2006)
"According to this definition, with the exception of the Muslim Malay slaves, all inhabitants of the sub-continent were "Kaffirs" kaffir boom (ka-fer ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1889)
"I came to the conclusion, from Mr. Abraham's letter to me, that this latter spider was peculiar to the " kaffir boom," and the present species to the Oak ..."

5. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-duchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"Room V ('kaffir boom'). Ethnographical collections. — Boom VI ('Boer Boom'). Natural history collections, agricultural products, model of an ox-waggon, etc. ..."

6. The Stock Exchange: A Short Study of Investment and Speculation by Francis Wrigley Hirst (1911)
"The effect of the kaffir boom in England was to create a new and very popular field for speculative investment. The House rapidly expanded, and the mining ..."

7. Currency and Credit by Ralph George Hawtrey (1919)
"The " kaffir boom " of the 'nineties expended itself without any crisis, and several years of sound trade intervened before the comparatively insignificant ..."

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