Outa

noun, prep

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An old black man. South-Africa

    "As I stood to one side to let him go out, she asked: “Daddy, is he an uncle or an outa?”"

Preposition
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of outta. alt-of, alternative

    "[…] and lo! here’s all humanity hep and weird wandering on the evening sidewalk amazing me outa my eyeballs[…]"

Example

More examples

"As I stood to one side to let him go out, she asked: “Daddy, is he an uncle or an outa?”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans outa.

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

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