Blikoor, noun

/ˈbləkʊə(r)/
Plurals:
Blikoore, Blikoors, Blikore /ˈbləkʊərə/.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, blik tin + oor ear.
colloquial
A nickname for an inhabitant of the Orange Free State (now Free State); (rare) an inhabitant of the Transvaal. Also attributive.
1899 Cape Times 24 Nov. 7 (Pettman)Their Transvaal brethren do not hesitate to admit that the Blikoors (nickname of Free Staters) are the best body of men round Ladysmith.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 68Blikoor,..One of several nicknames given to the Transvaalers by the Dutch of the Cape Colony, and subsequently applied by the Transvaalers to their brethren of the Orange Free State.
1934 Star 1 May 13For the past 50 years and more Free Staters have been known among Dutch-speaking South Africans as Blikore (tin ears) and Transvaalers as Vaalpense, the latter so called after a certain native tribe of that name who lived in the Transvaal.
1945 N. Devitt People & Places 144The country people of the two Republics for long years had nicknames for each other. The Transvalers were called ‘Vaalpense’ (grey-bellies), the Free Staters ‘Blikoore’ (tin ears).
1967 E. Rosenthal Encycl. of Sn Afr. 64Blikoor,..Nickname given traditionally to the Orange Free State and Transvaal Boers, but also applied by the Transvalers to the Orange Free Staters.
1980 Sunday Times 12 Oct. 20Freestaters do occasionally become hot under the collar over matters political. Hence the squabble over who should succeed..as administrator of the blikoor province.
1990 Weekend Post 23 June 20Eastern Province overran Free State..in Bloemfontein on Saturday...EP’s win puts the coastal men back into the hunt for the coveted gold cup while the ‘Blikore’ are surely now also rans.
A nickname for an inhabitant of the Orange Free State (now Free State); (rare) an inhabitant of the Transvaal. Also attributive.
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