‖soustannie, noun

Origin:: AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, literally ‘sauce-auntie’, sous sauce + tannie ‘auntie’.

colloquial

A derogatory name for a fat (Afrikaans) woman. See also tannie.

1970 M. Bennett Informant, KrugersdorpSoustannie. Fat woman.

1989 ‘K. De Boer’ in Frontline May 38That grande dame of Afrikaans journalism (and definitely not a soustannie).

A derogatory name for a fat (Afrikaans) woman.

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