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tannie S. Afr. colloq.|ˈtanɪ|
Also Tannie.
[Dim. of Afrikaans tante: see tante 2.]
a. An informal mode of address used to an aunt or any older woman.
b. A prim elderly woman. Also transf.
1958L. van der Post Lost World Kalahari i. 16 ‘Old tannie sea-cow’ was our endearing way of naming the hippopotamus, so called because it was there in the surf of the sea to welcome my people when they first landed in Africa. 1958R. Collins Four-Coloured Flag 16 ‘Good afternoon, Tannie,’ he mumbled, from a distance of twenty feet. 1958Cape Times 10 Dec. 11/3 The radiologist told him of the shrieks from alarmed tannies in from the country when they found themselves being elevated on high. 1969I. Vaughan Last of Sunlit Years ix. 77, I am finding that most Afrikaans children call one ‘Aunty’, or ‘Tannie’, and are most charmingly co-operative. 1980Rand Daily Mail 15 Apr. 8/3 So tasteful one feels sure one's most uptight Victorian tannie from Tweetackie⁓slippersfontein would be pleased to receive her. |