Bontosher

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone or something impressive and wonderful. Australia, obsolete, slang

    "It was a scorcher right enough, and so deadly still that it seemed difficult to breathe. However, Tuesday evening saw a duststorm - a beauty, a regular bontosher - and that gave us a cool night and brought temperatures down to 20 degrees on Wednesday."

Example

More examples

"It was a scorcher right enough, and so deadly still that it seemed difficult to breathe. However, Tuesday evening saw a duststorm - a beauty, a regular bontosher - and that gave us a cool night and brought temperatures down to 20 degrees on Wednesday."

Etymology

Variant of bontodger.

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