boncer

English

Alternative forms

• bonzer

Etymology

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Adjective

boncer (comparative more boncer, superlative most boncer)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) Remarkable; wonderful.
   • 1918, Katherine Mansfield, Prelude, in 1920, Bliss, and Other Stories, republished 2006 [1945], Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield, page 29,

     The Trout boys had often spent the day with the Burnells in town, but now that they lived in this fine house and boncer garden they were inclined to be very friendly.

Synonyms

• (remarkable): bottler, ripper

Noun

boncer (plural boncers)

1. (dated) A kind of large marble; a bonce.

Anagrams

• Brecon