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rockspider
noun- an Afrikaner SOUTH AFRICA, 1970
Derogatory. Sometimes shortened to “spider”. - — Jean Branford, A Dictionary of South African English, 1978
- [T]he struggle of the people against the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen[.] — Rian Malan, My Traitor’s Heart, p. 39, 1990
- a child molester AUSTRALIA, 1984
Originally in prison use, but now part of general slang. Baker, 1953, lists as underworld slang: “a petty thief in a park, who robs the handbags or other possessions of couples frolicking in parks or other open spaces”. - Brother Campbell is on the list of the dead, knifed in a public toilet noted for its popularity with arse-bandits and rockspiders. — Dirk Flinthart, Brotherly Love, p. 23, 1995
- Rock spiders? They’re out from under the pebbles and crawling all over the Net. — Juice, p. 94, 1996
- The hatred that general crims have for “rock spiders” is no secret[.] — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 19, 2001
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