"tannie" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Afrikaans tannie (“auntie”), diminutive of tante (“aunt”), from Dutch tante (“aunt”).",
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          "ref": "2008, Chris Cocks, Out of Action, page 135:",
          "text": "Normal biscuit cookies like the tannies, the Afrikaans aunties, made, but liberally laced with marijuana.",
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          "text": "I had done the same as a student at outpatients, listening to a succession of tannies with their hair in curlers[…]",
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        "An older female authority figure."
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        "(South Africa) An older female authority figure."
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  "etymology_text": "From Afrikaans tannie (“auntie”), diminutive of tante (“aunt”), from Dutch tante (“aunt”).",
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