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bonzer; bonza
adjective
excellent, terrific, wonderful, fabulous, good AUSTRALIA, 1904
This word is the only survivng member of a set of synonymous terms that all appeared in the first decade of C20, the others being “bontosher”, “boshter” and “bosker”. The Bulletin, in 1904, claimed that these were all corruptions of an original term that was a compound of the French words bon (good) and toujours (always).- Ah, but what a bonzer pair of youngsters they were! — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 50, 1961
- And aren’t they a bonzer shape? — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 31, 1962
- That’s a bonzer sheila! — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 173, 1962
- [T]heir men gather in a solid mass around the bar, there to sing smutty songs, tell dirty jokes, guzzle beer and discuss, in lurid details, the bonzer naughty they had last night, last week or whenever. — Sue Rhodes, Now you’ll think I’m awful, p. 56, 1967
- Easy peasy innit. Bonza. — Jeremy Cameron, Brown Bread in Wengen, p. 195, 1999
- Hope you’re feelin’ top notch, ’cos have I got a bonza plan for you. — Australian Ultimate, p. 7, 2003
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