toppie

plural toppies

1. South AfricaAn old man.

   There were only two rooms with a double bed and for some reason, the management felt the two old toppies deserved the smaller of the two, each time.

   2004, Michael Hilburn, Travel Diary - Bolivia, page 47

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   Nowadays, Afrikaans must find its place among ten other official languages, and although a lot of the older toppies fear its extinction, it is alive and well and growing by the second.

   2003, Justin Nurse, Laugh It Off: South African Youth Culture, page 42