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Word of the Day – Outjie

By April 9, 2019Word of the Day

Outjie (noun) (S. African)

o-kee

A young boy

Afrikaans, from ou ‘old’ + the diminutive suffix -jie.

Example sentences

“Back when I was just an outjie in the fields.”

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