Boer verneuker, noun phrase

/ˈbʊə fə(r)ˌnɪəkə(r)//ˈbʊə fə(r)ˌniœkə(r)//ˈbuːr fə(r)ˌnɪəkə(r)/
Forms:
Boereverneuker, Boer vernoekerShow more Also Boereverneuker, Boer vernoeker, Boer vernuker, and with small initial.
Origin:
South African Dutch, Dutch, AfrikaansShow more South African Dutch, boer a rural Dutch- or Afrikaans-speaking colonist + verneuk see verneuk + agential suffix -er.
historical
An unscrupulous trader or confidence-trickster who took advantage of unsophisticated country people. See also verneuk.
1863 Queenstown Free Press 24 Feb.The ‘boer vernukers’ buy up as rashly and indiscriminately as ever.
1875 Era in Saron & Hotz Jews in S. Afr. (1955) 307Israelitish boereverneukers try to persuade the farmers not to improve their properties but simply to confine themselves to sheep-shearing.
1879 R.J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 65The Natal traders and Boer verneukers (literally swindlers of Boers) began to perceive that if they did not take a decisive step, their trade with the Transvaal would soon be lost.
1898 J.F. Ingram Story of Afr. City 172A class of middleman sprung up, who speedily earned for himself the title of ‘Boer-vernucker’, whose exalted mission it was to save each contracting party from the other, and, oftentimes by sharp practice, feather his own nest, to the serious disadvantage of both sellers and buyers.
1911 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Kimberley 64The versatile Leo was looked up to as a marvel of cleverness and honesty by the myriads of Yiddisher Boer vernoekers (Boer besters)..‘doing pizness’ being, as a rule, fatal to the unsophisticated Dutchman.
1924 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Jhb. 48Dutchmen in those days..fell easy prey to the experienced and versatile Boer-verneuker — who cheated them right and left.
1940 F.B. Young City of Gold 57A man of his word who gave value for money and not one of those Boer-verneukers who lived on his sharper wits and exploited their ignorance.
1968 K. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 61That such dishonesty was indeed practised may be gathered from the fact that traders were quite openly named ‘Boer verneukers’, Boer cheaters.
An unscrupulous trader or confidence-trickster who took advantage of unsophisticated country people.
, the trickery or deception practised by such a trader; also used figuratively in modern political contexts
, the trickery or deception practised by such a trader; also used figuratively in modern political contexts.
Derivatives:
Hence Boerverneukery /ˌbʊəfə(r)ˈnɪəkəreɪ//-niœk-//ˌbuːr-/ verbal noun [either derived from its South African Dutch equivalent, or formed in English on boer verneuker], the trickery or deception practised by such a trader; also used figuratively in modern political contexts , Boer verneuking /-fə(r)ˈniœkɪŋ/ verbal noun [either derived from its South African Dutch equivalent, or formed in English on boer verneuker], the trickery or deception practised by such a trader; also used figuratively in modern political contexts.
1911 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Kimberley 92Before the financier came to Kimberley he was an honest Free State trader in the Boer winkle and wool-buying vocation, which two professions combined are sometimes called Boer verneuking.
1955 T.V. Bulpin Storm over Tvl 106Another way of money making common on the Rand, and especially popular among the central European element, was what was known as ‘Boerverneukery’ or swindling farmers.
1973 Weekend Argus 7 Apr. 14There is one thing worse than no change at this stage and that is hopes and aspirations which are aroused and not fulfilled. That kind of disillusionment, which will be ascribed to plain ‘boereverneukery,’ can lead to anger, bitterness and much worse.
1984 Daily Dispatch 27 June 1The Conservative Party accused the National Party yesterday of ‘boereverneukery’ over the advertisements it published..which were supposed to have been an apology.
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