Word: wildebeest
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...Column 1, page 16. "Wildebeest" is good Boer Dutch for the South African antelope, which the Hottentots called the "gnu," the spelling being as nearly as possible the English equivalent of the Hottentot nasal sound, and which name the Cape English accepted...
Royal entertainments were a midnight hunt for "wildebeest,f and golf games. Observers noted that Edward of Wales, not a proficient or enthusiastic golfer, has been trying to improve his game. He now wears a stiff-brimmed hat for driving and putting, a floppy hat for traveling the course...