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katkop (複数形 katkops) (South Africa)

1. Part of a loaf of bread.
   • 1995, Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk to Freedom Vol 2: 1962-1994:

     For supper, Coloured and Indian prisoners received a quarter loaf of bread (known as a katkop, that is, a cat's head, after the shape of the bread) and a slab of margarine.

   • 2008, A.S. Mopeli-Paulus, The World And The Cattle, page 163:

     I was given a rail warrant for two days' third-class travel by train to Harrismith. I was also given two katkops. In my relief and gladness I handed them to a convict working in the office.