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Definition of Tsotsi
1. Noun. (South Africa) A hoodlum or street thug, especially one from the townships; a township skollie. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tsotsi
1. a thug [n -S] - See also: thug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tsotsi
Literary usage of Tsotsi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Navaho Legends by Washington Matthews (1897)
"They shot one of the lightning arrows at tsotsi/; it made a great cleft in the
mountain, which remains to this day, and one said to the other: " We cannot ..."
2. Dictionary of the Hausa Language by Charles Henry Robinson, Hausa Association, London (1913)
"... to suck, to absorb as cloth does water, to kiss, to suck out, hence to destroy;
C 5 ya tsotsi kai nasa he destroys himself; ..."
3. Spirals of Suffering: Public Violence and Children by Brian Rock (1997)
"They think all black men are tsotsi's and thieves... They have pride, they won't
greet and be friendly... If you bump against a white man, ..."
4. Shifting Understandings of Skills in South Africa: Overcoming the Historical by Simon A. McGrath, Human Sciences Research Council (2005)
"Similarly, the term 'tsotsi' was linked to the submerged male African class in
the Johannesburg-Soweto area, conjuring images of aimlessness, unemployment, ..."
5. State Of The Nation: South Africa 2004-2005 by John Daniel, Roger Southall, Jessica Lutchman (2005)
"... tsotsi WM ( 1989) Out of court: The memoirs of a black lawyer in apartheid
South Africa, 1950-1960. Unpublished manuscript. ..."
6. Raymond Mhlaba's Personal Memoirs: Reminiscing from Rwanda and Uganda by Raymond Mhlaba, Thembeka Mufamadi, Human Sciences Research Council, Robben Island Museum (2001)
"WM tsotsi represented the Unity Movement. The broad-based strategy worked wonders
because members of the various structures committed themselves to the ..."
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