bontosher

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Variant of bontodger.[1]

Noun[edit]

bontosher (plural bontoshers)

  1. (Australia, slang, obsolete) Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
    • 1914 January 11, The Sunday Times, Perth, page 3, column 2:
      It was a scorcher right enough, and so deadly still that it seemed difficult to breathe. However, Tuesday evening saw a duststorm - a beauty, a regular bontosher - and that gave us a cool night and brought temperatures down to 20 degrees on Wednesday.

References[edit]

  1. ^ James Lambert "What Makes a Bonzer Etymology?" (3 September 2020) Green's Dictionary of Slang
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