oukie

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans outjie, via Namibian German Oukie.

Noun

oukie (plural oukies)

  1. (South Africa and Namibia) guy; man
    • 1962, Jeremy Taylor, “Ag Pleez Deddy”:
      If you won't take us to the zoo / Then what the heck else can we do / But go on out and moere all the oukies next door

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