Boncer

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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’."

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."

Synonyms

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bottlerbottlerripper

Example

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"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."

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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