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{ "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_text": "In marble sense: British dialect (north Hampshire), probably variant of bouncer (“a large thing”). In slang sense (= remarkable, excellent): replaced by voiced variant bonzer.", "forms": [ { "form": "more boncer", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most boncer", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "boncer (comparative more boncer, superlative most boncer)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Australian English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "New Zealand English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "55 23 22", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Remarkable; wonderful." ], "id": "en-boncer-en-adj-WyUiFknn", "links": [ [ "Remarkable", "remarkable" ], [ "wonderful", "wonderful" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Australia, New Zealand, informal, obsolete) Remarkable; wonderful." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "bottler" }, { "word": "ripper" }, { "word": "bonzer" } ], "tags": [ "Australia", "New-Zealand", "informal", "obsolete" ] } ], "word": "boncer" } { "etymology_number": 2, "forms": [ { "form": "boncers", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "boncer (plural boncers)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "New Zealand English", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "A kind of large marble; a bonce." ], "id": "en-boncer-en-noun-Ve0r4dAM", "links": [ [ "marble", "marble" ], [ "bonce", "bonce" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(New Zealand, dated) A kind of large marble; a bonce." ], "tags": [ "New-Zealand", "dated" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Australian English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "New Zealand English", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1897 April 3, The Auckland Star, Supplement, page 2", "text": "‘Of course the hero of the meeting was A.H. Holder, and let me tell you he is a ‘boncer’.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Something remarkable, wonderful, excellent, etc." ], "id": "en-boncer-en-noun-NrM5N2F4", "links": [ [ "remarkable", "remarkable" ], [ "wonderful", "wonderful" ], [ "excellent", "excellent" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(New Zealand, Australia, informal, obsolete) Something remarkable, wonderful, excellent, etc." ], "tags": [ "Australia", "New-Zealand", "informal", "obsolete" ] } ], "word": "boncer" }
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