Definitions

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  • noun A traditional home-made sausage, now commercially available.

Etymologies

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Afrikaans: boer (“farmer”) + wors (“sausage”).

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Examples

  • During the festival, South African cuisine, such as boerewors, ostrich, crocodile steaks, snoek, etcetera, will be served, whilst guests will be entertained by the South African song and dance group

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • CAPITAL Meat, the importer of kangaroo meat into Namibia, suffered a setback when a buyer of its mince and 'boerewors' products cancelled their contract yesterday.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

  • Bloemfontein's live entertainment scene is a fun way to access local culture, as are restaurants that serve regional specialties like fragrant Free State grilled lamb and farmers 'sausage (called "boerewors").

    ETravelBlackboard.com 2009

  • Emmanuel would do the same and look out for takeaway cafés with pies and boerewors rolls on the menu.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • Lists of orders for pies, cool drinks, boerewors rolls–hollowed-out loaves of bread filled with curry called “bunny chow”–and beer.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • Walking away from the stadium, a white South African sells beer and grilled boerewors from his garage.

    Annelle Sheline: Race Politics in Free State 2010

  • Lists of orders for pies, cool drinks, boerewors rolls–hollowed-out loaves of bread filled with curry called “bunny chow”–and beer.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • The short-order cook called out two boerewors rolls with onion and tomato sauce.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • Emmanuel would do the same and look out for takeaway cafés with pies and boerewors rolls on the menu.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • The short-order cook called out two boerewors rolls with onion and tomato sauce.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

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