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bontoshter

bontoshter adjective: excellent; wonderful.

Adjective

bontoshter (comparative more bontoshter, superlative most bontoshter)

  1. (Australia, obsolete, slang) Excellent; wonderful.
    • ‘Ah me! I’m his bonzer tart! Ah me! Ah me!’ ‘You are! You are! My bontoshter bit of fluff!’1910 August 20, The Daily Herald, Adelaide, page 15, column 3

Noun

bontoshter (plural bontoshters)

  1. (Australia, obsolete, slang) Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
    • 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!1915 October 17, The Sun, Kalgoorlie, page 4, column 4

Forms of bontoshter

Adjective
comparativemore bontoshter
superlativemost bontoshter
Noun
pluralbontoshters

Origin of bontoshter

Variant of bontosher, perhaps influenced by boshter.

Questions about bontoshter

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

Words near bontoshter in the dictionary

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

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