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outasight, a.|ˈaʊtəˈsaɪt|
Also out-a-sight, outasite.
Colloq. contraction of out-of-sight adj. phr.
1893S. Crane Maggie xviii. 150 You're the kind of man we like, Pete. You're outa sight! 1896Ibid. (rev. ed.) v. 43 D'way I plunked dat blokie was outa sight. 1968Surf International (Austral.) I. vii. 44 Sydney's got a lot of girls, but Cape Town has an unbelievably high standard, I reckon. We check them out at lunch time—outasight! Too much! 1969Observer 16 Feb. 40/6 Pendennis boogaloos, falls by cats into numbers, and lays down heavy outasight rappings. Translation: Pendennis arranges events, calls on people in the money, and produces a lot of fantastic gossip. 1971Oz May 5, I gave this guy nearly {pstlg}30 and he rented a room for me in some outasite neighbourhood. Ibid. 7 On they trotted. ‘Outasite, outasite,’ yelled Lee after them. 1973Black World June 63 This Sistuh here sho give some out-a-sight sets. |