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came a gutser

came a gutser is the simple past of come a gutser.

Meaning of come a gutser

Verb

come a gutser (third-person singular simple present comes a gutser, present participle coming a gutser, simple past came a gutser, past participle come a gutser)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To do a belly flop; to fall flat on one's face.
    • Slippery as a butcher's apron it is, and I comes a gutser twice before I gets down to the stag.1964, Ron Helmer, Stag Party, page 82
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To fail miserably; to make a huge mistake; to fall flat on one's face.
    • Ole Fritz keeps on tryin' ter feel our possies at night with small patrols, an' they tried ter raid us two nights ago, but came a gutser, 'coz we hopped out an' met 'em, an' they put their 'ands up.1919, C. Hampton Thorp, A Handful of Ausseys, page 288

Questions about came a gutser

What is came a gutser the simple past of?
Came a gutser is the simple past of come a gutser.

Words near came a gutser in the dictionary

  1. Camdenites
  2. Camdenton
  3. Camdyn
  4. came
  5. came a cropper
  6. came a gutser
  7. came a long way
  8. came about
  9. came across
  10. came across with
  11. came after

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