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| | Weird Words: Bonzer |
 | | Together with dinkum, cobber, sheila, wowser (a puritanical or censorious person), and dunny (an outdoor toilet), bonzer is a characteristic Australianism, typical of the lively and expressive slang of that country. |
 | | Bonzer was a general term of approval, so that if the weather was fine, for example, you might say “Bonzer sunny day!” This early example is in a verse from Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C J Dennis, published in 1915: |
 | | Where bonzer comes from is open to debate (one story, known to be untrue, says it comes from two Chinese words meaning “good gold”, a similar tale to one told about dinkum) but early examples suggest it may be from French bon, good, influenced by bonanza. |
| www.worldwidewords.org /weirdwords/ww-bon1.htm (231 words) |
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