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plural ous
A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea. examples
plural ous or ouens
(South Africa, colloquial) A fellow, guy, bloke. quotations examples
Ag pleez Deddy won't you take us to the wrestling We wanna see an ou called Sky High Lee
1962, Jeremy Taylor (lyrics and music), “Ag Pleez Deddy”
I couldn't care that the ous call me rooinek and sometimes whiterat because of my hair and face. At least I am not a hairyback I tell them.
1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, page 27
“They're the same good and solid ous they'd been before. Because they managed not to think.”
1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 292