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‖ voorkamer S. Afr.|ˈfʊərkɑːmər|
[Afrikaans.]
= prec. Occas. partially anglicized as fore-kamer.
1775S. Pigot Let. Aug. in ‘V. M. Fitzroy’ Dark Bright Land (1955) i. 16 Papa and Leonora..are at Whisk in mijnheer's fore-kamer as they style it. 1827G. Thompson Trav. & Adv. S. Afr. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 49, I slept this night in the outer apartment (voorkamer) or sitting-room of the house. 1896Cape Argus 2 Jan. 5 The flash entered at the front doorway, and the shock was felt by all the occupants of the voorkamer, fourteen in number. 1940‘B. Knight’ Piping on Wind iv. xx. 298 The voorkamer had been cleared of its furniture for dancing. 1981N. & Q. June 193/2 The sitting-room or voorkamer appears to have been most often one of the smaller rooms, and with a fireplace. |