Noun: bonzer
| Singular | bonzer |
| Plural | bonzers |
Sample Sentences
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King Ned is a "bonzer". [1904 August 28, The Truth, Sydney, page 1, column 7:]
Nouns inflected like bonzer
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Entered use 1890s, origin unknown.
2. In 2020 James Lambert reviewed previous theories, and supports derivation from:
3. * boncer (“large marble”) < bouncer (“something prodigiously large”)
4. Lambert also notes as not supported by evidence:
5. * bonanza
6. * French bon (“good”)
7. * "more fanciful" suggestions:
8. ** born star
9. ** Japanese 万歳 (banzai, “long live..., huzzah, hurrah”)
10. ** bonnie See: French Nouns '
bon'.