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togt S. Afr.|tɔxt|
[a. Afrikaans, a. Du. tocht expedition, journey.]
†1. A trading expedition or venture. Obs.
[1816C. I. Latrobe Jrnl. 6 May (1818) 265 The master..was about to set off..on a trip..to dispose of it [sc. arrack] in barter... They call this, going op de tocht. ]1860Queenstown Free Press 8 Feb., Horses have been discovered amongst those of ‘smouses’ who were returning..after a somewhat successful togt. 1862Lady Duff-Gordon Lett. (1921) 105 He has made a fortune by ‘going on Togt’.
2. Casual labour, hired for a specific job.
1901A. R. R. Turnbull Tales from Natal 120 The black devils..so often put us about by deserting—without even the possibility of our being able to obtain togt even. 1948Rep. Native Laws Comm. 1946–8 (Dept. Native Affairs, S. Afr.) 37/1 Migrant labour tends to be casual and to produce less and earn less than stable labour. The supply of such labour is often badly adjusted to the demand... In Durban it is..a characteristic of so-called togt or daily labour.
3. attrib. and Comb., as togt labour, togt labourer, togt work; togt boy, a casual labourer; togt-ganger [ad. Afrikaans togganger (also used)], a travelling trader; togt licence, a licence authorizing the holder to undertake casual labour.
1898Port Elizabeth Tel. (Weekly ed.) 2 Sept., A Chinaman refused to supply a small quantity of bread and sugar to a togt boy on Saturday. 1972J. McClure Caterpillar Cop ix. 139 He had slunk up to the door..and informed the maid he was a togt boy. She..said there were no odd jobs going.
1879Cape Monthly Mag. Feb. 88 For a long time he used to accompany the togtgangers (hawkers or traders). 1896R. Wallace Farming Industr. Cape Colony 91 The plant [sc. prickly pear] was first spread in the Colony by transport riders or ‘togt-gangers’. 1957L. G. Green Beyond City Lights 31 In slack times the clever speculators known as toggangers would drive out of Paarl with cavalcades of carts and wagons.
1951Cape Argus 5 Jan. 5/7 Durban harbour had been crippled by a shortage of rail trucks and togt (casual) labour.
Ibid., A compound capable of housing up to 1,000 togt labourers should be set aside for this purpose. 1960J. L. L. Sisson S. Afr. Judicial Dict. 121 Casual Labourer, in terms of Native Pass Laws, is synonymous with the term togt labourer.
1948O. Walker Kaffirs are Lively 172 A Native is required to carry on his person..one or more of the following documents... 7. A receipt for togt (casual labour) licence.
1968K. L. McMagh Dinner of Herbs xiv. 101 Is there work, togt work nearby? |