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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans katkop (literally “cat's head”) (from kat + kop), due to its shape resembling a cat's head. Doublet of cathead.
Noun
katkop (plural katkops) (South Africa)
- 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.
- A snack consisting of part of a loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with French fries.