outa

Definition

An old black man.

Etymology

From Afrikaans outa.

Example Sentences

• "As I stood to one side to let him go out, she asked: “Daddy, is he an uncle or an outa?”"
• "Secondly, there is an old black man, the Outa, who stumbles in from the dark to die beside their fire."
• "The reference is to a cheerful little ditty, in which an old black man, an ‘outa’, takes the long road to Mebosspruit, playing his tin guitar along the way."