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tsotsi
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tsotsi [ˈtsɒtsɪ ˈtsɔː-]
n pl -tsis
a Black street thug or gang member; wide boy
[perhaps from Nguni tsotsa to dress flashily]


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ART: PHOTOS CUTLINE: (1) Jacqui Kasper, Lisa Clemente and Diana Tsotsis (2) Carolyn Bergeron, Terri O'Donnell and Laura Bergeron (3) Kim Oliva, Brenda McCann and Gina Belsito (4) Dr.
In an apparently innocent gesture of goodwill, the mother sends the trusted housemaid out to give the unemployed people "bread and tea", but her housemaid warns the mother that these people are "loafers and tsotsis, who would come and tic her up and shut her in a cupboard" (p.
In the South African cities, even more aggressively violent youth gangs known as tsotsis dressed in tight fitting trousers and adopted styles of dress modeled after the gangsters and cowboys they saw in American movies.
 
 
 
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