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bontosher

bontosher noun: someone or something impressive and wonderful.

Noun

bontosher (plural bontoshers)

  1. (Australia, obsolete, slang) Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
    • 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.1914 January 11, The Sunday Times, Perth, page 3, column 2

Forms of bontosher

pluralbontoshers

Origin of bontosher

Variant of bontodger.

Questions about bontosher

What does bontosher mean?
Bontosher means someone or something impressive and wonderful.
What part of speech is bontosher?
Bontosher is a noun.
What is the plural of bontosher?
The plural of bontosher is bontoshers.

Words near bontosher in the dictionary

  1. Bontod
  2. bontodger
  3. bontodgers
  4. Bontok
  5. Bontol
  6. bontosher
  7. bontoshers
  8. bontoshter
  9. bontoshters
  10. Bontrager
  11. Bontragers

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