"kaffirgram" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kaffirgrams [plural]
Etymology: kaffir + -gram Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|kaffir|gram}} kaffir + -gram Head templates: {{en-noun}} kaffirgram (plural kaffirgrams)
  1. (historical) Mail carried by native runners, smuggled out of the siege of Mafeking during the Boer War. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-kaffirgram-en-noun-zaep0DfO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -gram

Inflected forms

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