ore, plural noun
/ˈuərə/
- Forms:
- Also oere, oor-re.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ‘ears’.
slang
A derogatory name for the police.
1963 L.F. Freed Crime in S. Afr. 105Jolling on the corner with my razor and chain; Down came the ore, one took my name.
1979 T. Emmet in Eng. in Afr. Vol.6 No.1, 80In Houghton it might be more polite to talk of the ‘police’, but in Doornfontein words like ‘ore’, ‘the system’ or ‘varke’ convey a great deal more about the social position, political attitudes and sentiments of the speaker.
A derogatory name for the police.
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