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单词 tsotsi
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tsotsi

/ˈtsɒtsi /
noun (plural tsotsis) South African
1A young black urban criminal.He approached several black policemen (who were unarmed until the 1980s) who, when they spotted the tsotsis, starting running....
  • Some writers describe situations where paranoid fears of crime and violence are dissolved by friendly warmth and wry smiles of supposed tsotsis instead.
  • He remembers walking in downtown Joburg when, turning around, he noticed he was being followed by some tsotsis.
1.1 historical A young black gangster belonging to a group prominent in the 1940s and 1950s, affecting a special language and flashy dress.

Origin

1940s: said to be a Sotho corruption of zoot suit.

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