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wowser

[ wou-zer ]

noun

, Australia and New Zealand.
  1. an excessively puritanical person.


wowser

/ ˈwaʊzə /

noun

  1. a fanatically puritanical person
  2. a teetotaller
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of wowser1

First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wowser1

C20: from English dialect wow to whine, complain
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Example Sentences

He's a real wowser at one class of knowledge, and doesn't know spit about the others.

Oxford has made Ginger into a cock-eyed wowser, and Cambridge has turned Beefy into a base-ball looney.

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