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The 'boer's' argument is simplicity itself: 'They try to get the better of me, and I try to get the better of them' -- and he _does_ it!

Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough

"The boer's bruder, he come back from the nort without catch any giraffe," replied the Bushman.

The Giraffe Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

It had returned unsuccessful; and the boer's brothers had stolen the two giraffes that were now missing.

The Giraffe Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

Within a large enclosure, contiguous to the boer's dwelling, more than five hundred cattle had been penned up during the eight.

The Giraffe Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

The invitation was gladly accepted, and the travellers, grouped around the wide hearth of the boer's kitchen fire, were enjoying that sense of happiness we all feel to a greater or less extent when perfectly secure from a storm heard raging without.

The Giraffe Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

I could not help laughing heartily as I lay in bed, at hearing the gambols of these Titan cubs; for this is a boer's notion of enjoying himself.

Letters from the Cape Lucie Duff Gordon 1845

a weapon, a little knowledge of the boer's country would change his opinion of the "roer."

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

"It was when I was laid up with my wound at a Dutch boer's till I could get to Cape Town.

Clever Woman of the Family Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

They were the boer's own brothers, -- the very men who have robbed us! "

The Giraffe Hunters Mayne Reid 1850