kaalgat, adjective

/ˈkɑːlxat/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, kaal bare + gat hole, ‘arse’.
slang
1. Not in polite use. Naked; cf. kaal sense 1.
1969 A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 4Sitting there in the dust with the pieces...Kaalgat! That’s what it felt like!
1975 S. Roberts Outside Life’s Feast 95‘I’ll wait till you’ve put on your dress,’ said Joey. ‘No...Come in! Do you think I want to stand kaalgat like this all day, getting gooseflesh down my arms and legs?’
1976 Daily Dispatch 6 Feb. 14Everyone was required to admire the non-existent suit and nobody was expected to proclaim the unpalatably true fact that the emperor was actually kaalgat.
1982 D. Kramer Short Back & Sides 8It was there that we went kaalgat-swimming in the Breede River.
1985 P. Slabolepszy Sat. Night at Palace 41Vince: Finally I got her kaalgat — Forsie: Kaalgat!? No, man — Vince: Look, shut up, man! Anyway. I got her where I want her.
1989 Radio 5, 14 Nov.As a prize we’re giving away a pair of sleeping shorts. You could call us ‘No Kaalgat’ radio.
1991 G. De Beer Informant, Port Nolloth, Northern CapeHe ran kaalgat down the street.
2. Special Combinations kaalgat peach, kaalgatperske/-pɛrskə/ [Afrikaans, perske peach], a nectarine. Also attributive.
[1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 237Kaal perske, The Cape Dutch name for the nectarine.]
1975 S. Roberts Outside Life’s Feast 15The leaves on our kaalgatperske tree are just old pieces of rag.
1977 E.M. Macphail in Contrast 44 Vol.11 No.4, 15I knew I wouldn’t be able to resist crossing the road later to buy a a big kaalgat peach and black grapes.
1980 A.J. Blignaut Dead End Rd 94Complaining about what the ruspes had done to his yellow kaalgat peaches.
1984 Cape Times 15 Mar.Well merem, see I is not allowed to call them ‘kaalgat’ perskes any longer like in the old days, cause why it is too rude!
1989 Style Dec. 80Kaalgatperske or peach: a nectarine.
Naked;
Special Combinations kaalgat peach, kaalgatperske/-pɛrskə/ [Afrikaans, perske peach],a nectarine. Also attributive.
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kaalblad, nounn.kaalvoet, adjectiveadj.
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