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单词 wowser
释义 wow·ser
\ˈwau̇zə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
chiefly Australia : one who is censoriously hostile to minor vices or disapproves of various forms of popular amusement (as Sunday sports) — used disparagingly of an obtrusively puritanical person
 < responsible for closed restaurants, limited movies … and a sanctimonious appearance of the streets are the wowsers — J.M.Raleigh >
 < both were denounced as equally obscene by the … wowsers — H.L.Mencken >
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