Difference between revisions of "Boer's trespass on the bull"
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* '''John Bull:''' symbol of England | * '''John Bull:''' symbol of England | ||
*''' bulls and bears:''' optimists and pessimists on a stock market | *''' bulls and bears:''' optimists and pessimists on a stock market | ||
| − | * '''trespass:''' The | + | * '''trespass:''' The Boer Wars resulted form repeated attempts of British subjecting in the Capetown area to trespeass and end encroach on Boer stetlements in the Transvaal. |
| − | *''' trespass:''' | + | *''' trespass:''' transgression of a moral or social law, code, or duty. |
| + | *'''boars and bulls''' | ||
Latest revision as of 08:20, 22 October 2015
- boer (Dutch): peasant, farner
- Boers: Dutch-speaking settlers in South Arica, the group that fought the Boer Wars (880–1881 and 1899–1902) against Great britain.
- John Bull: symbol of England
- bulls and bears: optimists and pessimists on a stock market
- trespass: The Boer Wars resulted form repeated attempts of British subjecting in the Capetown area to trespeass and end encroach on Boer stetlements in the Transvaal.
- trespass: transgression of a moral or social law, code, or duty.
- boars and bulls
