vuilgoed, noun

/ˈfeɪlxʊt//ˈfœɪlxut/
Forms:
Also veilgoed.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, vuil filthy + goed things.
1. Filth, rubbish; also an insulting form of address or reference.
1917 S.T. Plaatje Native Life 82Instilling in Anna’s mind all kinds of silly notions, about town flirts and black dandies,..and similar vuilgoed (rubbish).
1924 S.G. Millin God’s Step-Children 94‘Vuilgoed!’ he shouted, and his voice was only a rushing in his own ears. ‘Filth!’
a1931 S. Black in S. Gray Three Plays (1984) 169You’se the man who stole the farm — clear out of my house...Vuilgoed!
1955 L. Sowden Crooked Bluegum 13Only Izak Lotter grumbled about having such vuilgoed — such scum — about the house.
1956 H. Bloom Episode 255Both those black vuilgoed can buy up you or me and half the whole damn town if they want to.
1977 Daily Dispatch 15 Sept. 1After standing silently..they walked down the aisle..of the Pretoria City Hall to cries of ‘Sies’ and ‘Veilgoed’.
1979 J. Gratus Jo’burgers 67‘Vuilgoed! — Filth!’ he spat at him, ‘You steal my claim. You don’t deserve to live.’
1981 C. Barnard in Daily Dispatch 6 July 6The ‘vuilgoed’ and the ‘robbies’ (sc. rubbish) and ‘sinkdak’ that covered your children’s heads and cost you a week’s pay from the scrapyard, the wooden plank you stole from the construction site.
1982 J. Scott in Cape Times 17 Apr. 9Mr S— repeated his claim that Mr F— was a vuilgoed, refused to withdraw it, and was ordered out of the chamber.
2. Diamond-mining. Overburden.
1950 E. Rosenthal Here Are Diamonds 198Much of the digger’s ingenuity has been bestowed on geological and mineralogical subjects. Hence we find such references as ‘Concertina Rock’..[etc.]. ‘Vuilgoed’, or overburden, expressively signifies ‘dirt’ in Afrikaans.
Filth, rubbish; also an insulting form of address or reference.
Overburden.
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