"tsotsi" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Compare Shona tsotsi (“criminal”)",
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          "word": "tsotsitaal"
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          "ref": "1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 39",
          "text": "A gang of tsotsis – hooligans – attacked a group of older men, and when the owner tried to throw them out they ran amok in the place, smashing everything in their way.",
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          "text": "Mandela, standing up for all the tsotsis out there, said: \"Don't dismiss any youngsters who are not behaving according to your wishes.\"",
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        "A hoodlum or street thug, especially one from the townships; a township skollie."
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        "(South Africa) A hoodlum or street thug, especially one from the townships; a township skollie."
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  "word": "tsotsi"
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  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Compare Shona tsotsi (“criminal”)",
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          "ref": "1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 39",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "thug",
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