单词 | kaffir pot |
释义 | > as lemmaskaffir pot kaffir pot n. [compare South African Dutch kafferpot (1882 or earlier; Afrikaans kafferpot)] a cast-iron cooking pot with three short legs, intended for use over an open fire. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > pot with legs or feet posnetc1350 yetling1354 skillet1403 skill1600 Barnstaple oven1716 bastable oven1748 goashore1834 bastable1836 kaffir pot1863 kohua1901 potjie1985 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting iv. 110 I contrived to bake a loaf of bread between two pieces of a broken Kaffir pot. 1896 H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. 260 The kaptein..persuaded the vrouw to follow his own example, and roast wild duck or a joint of springbok in a Kaffir pot. 1959 A. Fullerton Yellow Ford xiii. 177 I use a kaffirpot, a three-legged thing made of cast iron. 2000 L. Schuster Lekker, Thick S. Afr. Joke Bk. (ed. 2) 289 ‘l need a lekker big kaffir-pot.’ The storekeeper cringes. < as lemmas |
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