See bontoshter on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Variant of bontosher, perhaps influenced by boshter.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more bontoshter",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most bontoshter",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "bontoshter (comparative more bontoshter, superlative most bontoshter)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Australian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "68 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "72 28",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "75 25",
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1910 August 20, The Daily Herald, Adelaide, page 15, column 3:",
"text": "‘Ah me! I’m his bonzer tart! Ah me! Ah me!’ ‘You are! You are! My bontoshter bit of fluff!’",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Excellent; wonderful."
],
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"links": [
[
"Excellent",
"excellent"
],
[
"wonderful",
"wonderful"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia, slang, obsolete) Excellent; wonderful."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"obsolete",
"slang"
]
}
],
"word": "bontoshter"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Variant of bontosher, perhaps influenced by boshter.",
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{
"form": "bontoshters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Australian English",
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1915 October 17, The Sun, Kalgoorlie, page 4, column 4:",
"text": "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!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Someone or something impressive and wonderful."
],
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"impressive",
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],
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"wonderful",
"wonderful"
]
],
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"(Australia, slang, obsolete) Someone or something impressive and wonderful."
],
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"Australia",
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"slang"
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}
],
"word": "bontoshter"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "Variant of bontosher, perhaps influenced by boshter.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more bontoshter",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most bontoshter",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "bontoshter (comparative more bontoshter, superlative most bontoshter)",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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"Australian English",
"English slang",
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1910 August 20, The Daily Herald, Adelaide, page 15, column 3:",
"text": "‘Ah me! I’m his bonzer tart! Ah me! Ah me!’ ‘You are! You are! My bontoshter bit of fluff!’",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Excellent; wonderful."
],
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[
"Excellent",
"excellent"
],
[
"wonderful",
"wonderful"
]
],
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"(Australia, slang, obsolete) Excellent; wonderful."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"obsolete",
"slang"
]
}
],
"word": "bontoshter"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "Variant of bontosher, perhaps influenced by boshter.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bontoshters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
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"English slang",
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1915 October 17, The Sun, Kalgoorlie, page 4, column 4:",
"text": "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!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Someone or something impressive and wonderful."
],
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[
"impressive",
"impressive"
],
[
"wonderful",
"wonderful"
]
],
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"(Australia, slang, obsolete) Someone or something impressive and wonderful."
],
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"Australia",
"obsolete",
"slang"
]
}
],
"word": "bontoshter"
}
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