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English
Etymology
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Noun
toppie (plural toppies)
- (South Africa) An old man.
2003, Justin Nurse, Laugh It Off: South African Youth Culture, page 42:Nowadays, Afrikaans must find its place among ten other official languages, and although a lot of the older toppies fear its extinction, it is alive and well and growing by the second.
2004, Michael Hilburn, Travel Diary - Bolivia, page 47:There were only two rooms with a double bed and for some reason, the management felt the two old toppies deserved the smaller of the two, each time.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From top + -ie.
Pronunciation
Adjective
toppie (used only predicatively, not comparable)
- (informal) Synonym of top (“great, very good”)
- Dit weer is echt helemaal toppie. ― This weather is great.