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bontodger

bontodger adjective: excellent; wonderful.

Adjective

bontodger (comparative more bontodger, superlative most bontodger)

  1. (Australia, obsolete, slang) Excellent; wonderful.
    • Of the home forwards, Moir and Brackenrigg were the pick. The latter is a bon-todger goal-kicker[.]1908 July 22, The Sydney Sportsman, page 7, column 2

Noun

bontodger (plural bontodgers)

  1. (Australia, obsolete, slang) Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
    • The preliminary, though always closely fought, was rarely really exciting till the last round which, to use a colloquialism, was a bontoger.1920 September 29, The Referee, Sydney, page 10, column 3

Forms of bontodger

Adjective
comparativemore bontodger
superlativemost bontodger
Noun
pluralbontodgers

Origin of bontodger

Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from French bon (“good”) + toujours (“always”); literally, “always good”.

Questions about bontodger

What does bontodger mean?
Bontodger means excellent; wonderful.
What part of speech is bontodger?
Bontodger can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near bontodger in the dictionary

  1. bontequaggas
  2. Bontiway
  3. Bontnewydd
  4. Bontoc
  5. Bontod
  6. bontodger
  7. bontodgers
  8. Bontok
  9. Bontol
  10. bontosher
  11. bontoshers

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