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bonzer

(ˈbɒnzə)
adj
slang archaic Austral and NZ excellent; very good
[C20: of uncertain origin; perhaps from bonanza]
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Adj.1.bonzer - remarkable or wonderful
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
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bonzer

adj (Austral inf) → klasse (inf)
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