Kaffir Circus

proper noun

Traders in South African mining shares.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Kaffir Circus
  1. historicalslangbusinessTraders in South African mining shares.

    He became the central figure in a nation of frenzied speculators who made the so-called “Kaffir Circus” the wildest financial orgie in the history of the world.

    1897, The Review of Reviews, volume 16, page 19
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APA

Kaffir Circus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaffir%20Circus

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“Kaffir Circus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaffir%20Circus. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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