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gutser dial., Austral., N.Z., and colloq.|ˈgʌtsə(r)|
Also gutzer.
[f. guts (gut n. 3) + -er1.]
A heavy fall. Esp. in fig. phr. come (fetch, etc.) a gutser, come a cropper, make a mistake; Air Force slang (in concr. use), to crash.
1918Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 21 June 221/1 The tenderfoot and Zambuk, Working madly in the trenches, Comes a ‘gutzer’ in those trenches, And is taught to take a rumble. 1919War Slang in Athenæum 8 Aug. 728/1 A ‘gutser’ is the last straw. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 113 To come a gutzer, to ‘crash’ or fall badly. (Ordinarily an Air Force term with reference to an aeroplane.) Also used generally. To get into serious trouble, e.g., ‘He's before a court martial and looks like coming a gutzer.’ ‘Gutzer’ is pre-war slang, and an old term among Scottish boys for falling flat on the water in diving, instead of making a clean header. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 6 Sept. 9/2, I work for the dole in a gutser gang, shovelling bits of coast..the down-and-out brigade. 1936M. Franklin All that Swagger xl. 317 The banks will fetch old Robert a gutser one of these days. 1941D. Masters So Few xxx. 335 The starboard Heinkel turned straight into..McKellar's stream of bullets and got what is known in the service as a ‘gutser’. 1957I. Cross God Boy (1958) xii. 98 The back wheel slid in some loose gravel. Down he went again in another beautiful gutzer. 1960B. Crump Good Keen Man 111, I came one or two gutsers myself, and once, when I was carrying Flynn through a gorge below the forks, I got out of control. |