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tannies

tannies is the plural of tannie.

Meaning of tannie

Noun

tannie (plural tannies)

  1. (South Africa) An older female authority figure.
    • Normal biscuit cookies like the tannies, the Afrikaans aunties, made, but liberally laced with marijuana.2008, Chris Cocks, Out of Action, page 135
    Synonyms:
    antie

Questions about tannies

What is tannies the plural of?
Tannies is the plural of tannie.

Words near tannies in the dictionary

  1. tannic acids
  2. tannicities
  3. tannicity
  4. tannie
  5. tannier
  6. tannies
  7. tanniferous
  8. tannigen
  9. tannin
  10. tanninbush
  11. tannined

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