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adj
Remarkable; wonderful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, obsolete
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Synonyms: bottler, ripper
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noun
A kind of large marble; a bonce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, dated
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Something remarkable, wonderful, excellent, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
History
In marble sense: British dialect (north Hampshire), probably variant of bouncer (“a large thing”). In slang sense (= remarkable, excellent): replaced by voiced variant bonzer.
