oubasie, noun

Forms:
Also oubassy.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, formed on oubaas (see oubaas) + -ie.
colloquial
1. oubaas sense 3.
1974 E. Prov. Herald 19 Apr. 5Representatives of the South African Railways non-White staff yesterday paid tribute to their retiring ‘Oubaas’, Minister Ben Schoeman...The non-Whites stated that as the ‘children of the “oubassy”’, they had never been better treated.
2. oubaas sense 2.
1979 M. Matshoba Call Me Not a Man 105‘They have just paid their mother a visit from their other mother, oubasie,’ replied Angie with a smile by way of explanation.
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