hout, noun

/həʊt/
derogatory, offensive, slang
Shortened form of houtkop. Also occasionally houtie [see -ie].
1970 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)Houtie. Native.
1977 Rhodeo (Rhodes Univ.) 1 Aug. 15In confirming that black and white students tend to mix socially largely with members of the same race groups, he commented that ‘some white goody-goodies try and mix and hang around only with “houts”’.
1979 Rhodeo (Rhodes Univ.) 25 May 2 (caption)The houts have too many babies.
1987 M. Poland Train to Doringbult 84A coon got squashed by a truck this afternoon...Silly hout fell off the back.
Shortened form of houtkop. Also occasionally houtie [see -ie].
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