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Mafeking

The Oxford Companion to British History | 2002 | | Copyright

Mafeking is a small town in the north-east corner of Cape Province (South Africa), where a British garrison was besieged for seven months during the second Boer War, before being relieved on 17 May 1900. That gave rise to the most notorious displays of jingoism back in Britain, for which a new word—‘mafficking’—was coined; and made the reputation of the commander of the garrison, Baden-Powell.

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Mafeking

A Dictionary of British History | 2004 | | Copyright

Mafeking is a small town in the north‐east corner of Cape Province (South Africa), where a British garrison was besieged for seven months during the second Boer War, before being relieved on 17 May 1900. That gave rise to a display of jingoism back in Britain, for which a new word—‘mafficking’—was coined.

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Mafeking

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Mafeking a town in South Africa, in North-West Province. In 1899–1900, during the Second Boer War, a small British force under the command of Baden-Powell was besieged there by the Boers for 215 days; its eventual relief was greeted in Britain with widespread celebration.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Mafeking." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Mafeking

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Mafeking see Mafikeng , South Africa.

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Mafeking

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Mafeking •backing, blacking, packing, sacking, tracking, whacking •ranking, spanking •nerve-racking •marking, sarking •making, taking, undertaking •matchmaking • dressmaking •haymaking •lacemaking, pacemaking •peacemaking • filmmaking •printmaking • cabinetmaking •moneymaking • merrymaking •winemaking • home-making •shoemaking • toolmaking •bookmaking • troublemaking •backbreaking • heartbreaking •strikebreaking • housebreaking •breathtaking • painstaking •piss-taking • stocktaking •self-seeking, unspeaking •licking, ticking •freethinking, shrinking, sinking, unblinking, unthinking, unwinking •Mafeking • finicking • politicking •liking, Viking •self-cocking, self-mocking, shocking, stocking •stonking • bluestocking • Hawking •sleepwalking • streetwalking •hillwalking • firewalking •soaking, Woking •pawnbroking • thought-provoking •booking, Brooking •onlooking •spelunking, trunking •motherfucking • bloodsucking •bollocking •hardworking, working •erl-king • tear-jerking • metalworking •outworking

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Time to remember: HERO OF MAFEKING.(Features) Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 5/29/2003
	Mafeking relived; 100 years after the infamous siege ended, Giles Milton... Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 5/7/2000
	Come to our relief with [pounds sterling]4m,Mafeking tribe tells Britain. Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 6/25/1999