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Boncer

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Remarkable; wonderful. Australia, New-Zealand, informal, obsolete

    "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."

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of large marble; a bonce. New-Zealand, dated
  2. 2
    Something remarkable, wonderful, excellent, etc. Australia, New-Zealand, informal, obsolete

    "‘Of course the hero of the meeting was A.H. Holder, and let me tell you he is a ‘boncer’."

Etymology

In marble sense: British dialect (north Hampshire), probably variant of bouncer (“a large thing”). In slang sense (= remarkable, excellent): replaced by voiced variant bonzer.

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