"toppie" meaning in English

See toppie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: toppies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} toppie (plural toppies)
  1. (South Africa) An old man. Tags: South-Africa Categories (topical): Male people

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2003, Justin Nurse, Laugh It Off: South African Youth Culture, page 42:",
          "text": "Nowadays, Afrikaans must find its place among ten other official languages, and although a lot of the older toppies fear its extinction, it is alive and well and growing by the second.",
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          "ref": "2004, Michael Hilburn, Travel Diary - Bolivia, page 47:",
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