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bonzer | wonderworking |
(Australia) Remarkable; wonderful.
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* 1916 , , In Spadger?s Lane'', in ''The Moods of Ginger Mick , 2009, Sydney University Press,
* 1945 , Doglas Stewart (editor), Coast to Coast: Australian Stories 1945 ,
* 1991 , Noel Virtue, Always the Islands of Memory ,
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bonzer
English
Alternative forms
* boncer * bonzaAdjective
(en adjective)page 36,
- To all the earth she gives the soft glad-eye; / She picks no fav?rits in this world o? men; / She peeps in nooks, where ?appy lovers sigh, / To make their joy more bonzer still; an? then, / O?er Spadger?s Lane she waves a podgy ?and, / An? turns the scowlin? slums to Fairyland.
page 51,
- By cripes, you couldn?t have a more bonzer place for doing the thing in style with girls.
page 148,
- Inside sat one of the most bonzer sights she?d ever seen.
Synonyms
* (remarkable) bottler, ripperExternal links
* *Australian English Glossary from A to Zed - Travelogue*
Australian words: Encyclopedia II - Australian words - Old, declining or expired slang