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单词 wowser
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wowser

[ wou-zer ]
/ ˈwaʊ zər /

noun Australia and New Zealand.

an excessively puritanical person.

Origin of wowser

First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain

Words nearby wowser

woven bone, wove paper, Wovoka, wow, wow factor, wowser, Wozniak, WP, WPA, W particle, WPB
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British Dictionary definitions for wowser

wowser
/ (ˈwaʊzə) /

noun Australian and NZ slang

a fanatically puritanical person
a teetotaller

Word Origin for wowser

C20: from English dialect wow to whine, complain
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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