bester
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]bester (plural besters)
- (UK, slang, archaic) A fraudulent bookmaker.
- 1853, The Scripture Readers' Journal, page 15:
- […] "bouncers and besters," who cheat by laying wagers […]
References
[edit]- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Adjective
[edit]bester
- (nonstandard, informal, humorous or childish) comparative form of best: more best
- 2010, Ruth Griffiths, Brink of Eternity, page 107:
- But Awsum had given him his present in Evereverland and said he could wear it forever when he gave it to him, so it was the bestest present in the whole wide world, even bester than the best present his mum and dad ever gave him,
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