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bonzer

Also: bonza, bonser, bonzor

Excellent or first-rate.

In a sentence

That was a bonzer catch on the boundary.

Where it came from

Bonzer may be an alteration of the older Australian bonster, perhaps related to British dialect bouncer. Spellings such as bonza and bonser occur in early evidence from the beginning of the twentieth century.

First recorded
1903
Initial era
1900–1949
Where used
Australia-wide

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