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noun
- (South African) An unskilled assistant to an artisan.
- 1976 Het Suid Western "...building himself brick by brick, with his wife as his only ".
- 2005 The SABC launches a new reality show: The Handlanger. The series will follow a group of aspirant gophers as they compete to become the of fertilizer tycoon Danie Tromp, writes Not the M&G television watcher.
http://www.chico.mweb.co.za/art/2005/2005jan/050107-not-the-tv-2.html
Translations: - German: Handlanger
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Etymology: From Dutch Dutch, handlanger "assistant", "helper".
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