bontoshter
English edit
Etymology edit
Variant of bontosher, perhaps influenced by boshter.[1]
Adjective edit
bontoshter (comparative more bontoshter, superlative most bontoshter)
- (Australia, slang, obsolete) Excellent; wonderful.
- 1910 August 20, The Daily Herald, Adelaide, page 15, column 3:
- ‘Ah me! I’m his bonzer tart! Ah me! Ah me!’ ‘You are! You are! My bontoshter bit of fluff!’
Noun edit
bontoshter (plural bontoshters)
- (Australia, slang, obsolete) Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
- 1915 October 17, The Sun, Kalgoorlie, page 4, column 4:
- The ‘Dilly Ooze’ says the Russian Baltic Fleet is bombarding Varna. We heard the Russians had some new long range guns. They must be bontoshters!
References edit
- ^ James Lambert "What Makes a Bonzer Etymology?" (3 September 2020) Green's Dictionary of Slang