"bonar" meaning in English

See bonar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more bonar [comparative], most bonar [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} bonar (comparative more bonar, superlative most bonar)
  1. (Polari) Alternative spelling of bona (“good”) Tags: Polari, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bona (extra: good)
    Sense id: en-bonar-en-adj-GMQBjFLS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Polari
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          "ref": "1851, Henry Mayhew, “Our Street Folk”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 3, published 1861, Punch Talk, page 41:",
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