bontoshter

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English

Etymology

Variant of bontosher, perhaps influenced by boshter.[1]

Adjective

bontoshter (comparative more bontoshter, superlative most bontoshter)

  1. (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

bontoshter (plural bontoshters)

  1. (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

  1. ^ James Lambert "What Makes a Bonzer Etymology?" (3 September 2020) Green's Dictionary of Slang