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bosker, a. Austral. and N.Z. slang. Now obsolescent.|ˈbɒskə(r)|
Also formerly ˈboscar, ˈboshter.
[Origin unknown.]
Good, excellent, delightful. Cf. bonzer a. Hence as n.
1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands i. 1 ‘She's er little boshter!’ he said vehemently. ‘Y' orter seen 'er.’ Ibid. xii. 151 He promised to show Feathers a ‘boshter knack for passing out gazobs’! 1909A. H. Adams Galahad Jones i. 8 It's a ‘bosker’ castle. 1911C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxxv. 314 ‘That's it—my word, it's a bosker, that is’ the driver whispered to the Sydney passenger. 1911‘Kiwi’ On Swag vii. 14 We gave him a boscar funeral. 1916Anzac Book 36 ‘A boshter night for a walk,’ I remarked, buttoning my coat about me. 1922A. E. Mulgan Three Plays N.Z. 36 That's a boscar song. 1926I. M. Peacocke His Kid Brother iv. 54 What bosker fun. 1943F. Sargeson in Penguin New Writing XVIII. 63 It turned out a bosker day. 1952A. Grimble Pattern of Islands 68 ‘Cripes!’ he said. ‘She's a fair bosker, ain't she, son!’ |