mink and manure, adjectival phrase

Origin:
EnglishShow more English mink, alluding to wealth and manure, alluding to horsey pursuits.
colloquial
1. Of or pertaining to the wealthy, semi-rural, northern suburbs of Johannesburg, or the inhabitants of these suburbs.
1981 Signature May 9Often I am asked how Cape Town — so far from the mink and manure belt — draws the cream of South African riding talent to the..International Show.
1984 B. Molloy in Style Nov. 140The first [Transvalers] to arrive jet in from the mink and manure belt of the Johannesburg northern suburbs.
1985 Evening Post 24 May 4A prominent and wealthy businessman of ‘mink-and-manure’ Sandton was found dead yesterday in his bed, apparently gassed.
1986 Fair Lady 25 June 158She grew up on a large plot in the then isolated and countrified Northern Johannesburg among the ‘mink and manure’ set.
1988 J. Khumalo in Pace Nov. 27Suddenly white surburbia was swaying to the rhythm of the townships and ‘Hotstix’ became the buzzword at those high-powered parties..of the mink and manure set.
1989 S. Sello in Drum Apr. 78The election..of Sifiso Ngwenya as junior mayor of Sandton, the ultimate mink and manure belt of Johannesburg’s northern suburbs, raised many eyebrows.
1989 Sunday Times 15 Oct. 7 (caption)History in Rivonia’s mink-and-manure belt.
2. Used loosely: Wealthy.
1985 Frontline Sept. 23Our car eventually hits the clean smelling mink and manure black area called Diepkloof Extension. It is like another world.
1987 Sunday Times 23 Aug. 15There are legions of hitherto ignored upwardly mobile professionals eager to grab a piece of the action and at long last join the older mink and manure generation.
1987 Drum Oct. 22As sudden and dramatic as her entry was into the mink and manure circles, was her exit and ignominy.
1992 S. Sherry in South 27 Feb.The Club is definitely not a mink-and-manure gathering place.
Of or pertaining to the wealthy, semi-rural, northern suburbs of Johannesburg, or the inhabitants of these suburbs.
Used loosely: Wealthy.
Derivatives:
Hence (rare) mink and manure  noun phrase, the wealthy.
1985 Sunday Times 23 Aug. 15What a pother for mink and manure.
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Ministers’ Council, noun phrasen. phr.mis, nounn.
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