Outa
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Outa is a noun meaning (South Africa) An old black man.
Meaning
(South Africa) An old black man.
More Meanings
- Alternative spelling of outta.
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.
[…] and lo! here’s all humanity hep and weird wandering on the evening sidewalk amazing me outa my eyeballs[…]
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.
Word Forms
- outas
Related Words
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