boereorkes, noun
- Forms:
- Also with initial capital.
- Plurals:
- boereorkeste /ˌbuːrəɔː(r)ˈkestə/.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, boere see boere + orkes orchestra, band.
A band which includes a combination of concertina or piano accordion, mouth organ, fiddle or guitar, and percussion, and plays Afrikaans popular music; orkes. Also attributive. See also boeremusiek sense 1.
1951 H.C. Bosman in L. Abrahams Bekkersdal Marathon (1971) 115All my daughter does, she moves in Voortrekker costume in time to the Boere-orkes music — and you simply can’t keep your feet still when it’s Boere-orkes music.
1977 G. Hugo in Quarry ’77 91The real hit of the show is this rather superior ou in a boereorkes; he’s on the konsertina and he’s into the whole virtuoso kick; swinging the old squeezebox round.
1982 D. Kramer Short Back & Sides 24It was easy to understand why so many boere-orkeste had come to pose on this beach..for the photograph on their next long-playing dance album.
1991 S. Afr. Panorama May–June 18These pupils of the John Voster Technical High School won last year’s competition for the best junior boereorkes (band).
A band which includes a combination of concertina or piano accordion, mouth organ, fiddle or guitar, and percussion, and plays Afrikaans popular music; orkes. Also attributive.
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