goffel, noun

/ˈɡɔf(ə)l//ˈɡɒf(ə)l/
Origin:
Unknown.
derogatory, offensive, slang
An insulting term for a Coloured person. Also attributive.
1970 J. Ossher Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)Tell me..do you know the word goffel meaning a coloured person?
1977 D. Muller Whitey 108‘Who are these people?’ ‘Outies, goffels, rookers. Old ones who have no place...This one here’s a goffel.’ Boon jerked the blanket from the inert form close to hand to reveal a dishevelled, tattered female.
1981 L. & P. Robertson-Hotz in Bloody Horse No.3, 38When I’d finished explaining, he didn’t laugh, didn’t make a joke out of it like any of my goffel buddies would’ve. [Source Note: Goffel — ‘coloured’.]
1986 [see gammat sense 1].
An insulting term for a Coloured person. Also attributive.
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