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kaffirgram

kaffirgram noun: mail carried by native runners, smuggled out of the siege of Mafeking during the Boer War.

Noun

kaffirgram (plural kaffirgrams)

  1. (historical) Mail carried by native runners, smuggled out of the siege of Mafeking during the Boer War.

Forms of kaffirgram

pluralkaffirgrams

Origin of kaffirgram

From kaffir + -gram.

Questions about kaffirgram

What does kaffirgram mean?
Kaffirgram means mail carried by native runners, smuggled out of the siege of Mafeking during the Boer War.
What part of speech is kaffirgram?
Kaffirgram is a noun.
What is the plural of kaffirgram?
The plural of kaffirgram is kaffirgrams.

Words near kaffirgram in the dictionary

  1. kaffir orange
  2. kaffir plum
  3. Kaffir Wars
  4. kaffirboom
  5. kaffirbooms
  6. kaffirgram
  7. kaffirgrams
  8. kaffirs
  9. kaffiya
  10. kaffiyah
  11. kaffiyahs

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