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  • noun South Africa An old man.

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Examples

  • While directing vehicles through a throng of people, someone wearing khaki had told him: "Ou toppie" (old man), you had better get out of here because you are going to get hurt. "

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

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  • Cricket jargon: slang for top-spinner, a delivery bowled by a wrist spinner with lots of overspin.

    February 7, 2024