bontoshter

English

Etymology

Variant of bontosher, perhaps influenced by boshter.[1]

Adjective

bontoshter (comparative more bontoshter, superlative most bontoshter)

  1. (Australia, slang, obsolete) Excellent; wonderful.
    • 1910 August 20, The Daily Herald, Adelaide, page 15, column 3:
      ‘Ah me! I’m his bonzer tart! Ah me! Ah me!’ ‘You are! You are! My bontoshter bit of fluff!’

Noun

bontoshter (plural bontoshters)

  1. (Australia, slang, obsolete) Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
    • 1915 October 17, The Sun, Kalgoorlie, page 4, column 4:
      The ‘Dilly Ooze’ says the Russian Baltic Fleet is bombarding Varna. We heard the Russians had some new long range guns. They must be bontoshters!

References
  1. James Lambert "What Makes a Bonzer Etymology?" (3 September 2020) Green's Dictionary of Slang
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