kroes, adjective
/krʊs/
- Origin:
- Afrikaans
derogatory
1. Frizzy; an offensive mode of reference to tightly curled African hair; crissy. Occasionally also kroesie [English adjective-forming suffix -y, with spelling influenced by Afrikaans].
1949 H.C. Bosman in L. Abrahams Unto Dust (1963) 16The British Government wanted to give the vote to any Cape Coloured person walking about with a kroes head and big cracks in his feet.
1989 V. Owen in Grocott’s Mail 20 Jan. 11One of our number in an argument with him (who unfortunately had very curly hair) said it was obvious from his kroes hair why he could speak the lingo — from then on he never spoke one word.
2. combination
kroeskop /-kɔp/ [Afrikaans, kop head], an offensive term for (one with) frizzy or tightly-curled hair (used especially of the hair of black or ‘coloured’ people).
1970 C.B. Wood Informant, Johannesburg, GautengLook at that ‘kroes-kop’ (curly head).
Frizzy; an offensive mode of reference to tightly curled African hair; crissy. Occasionally also kroesie [English adjective-forming suffix -y, with spelling influenced by Afrikaans].
, an offensive term for (one with) frizzy or tightly-curled hair (used especially of the hair of black or ‘coloured’ people).
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