boncerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• bonzer

形容詞

boncer (comparative more boncer, superlative most boncer)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal, obsolete) Remarkable; wonderful.

   Synonyms: bottler, ripper

   • 1918 June​, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Prelude”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, OCLC 561951956, chapter 8, page 45:

     The Trout boys had often spent the day with the Burnells in town, but now that they lived in this fine house and boncer garden they were inclined to be very friendly.

名詞

boncer (複数形 boncers)

1. (New Zealand, dated) A kind of large marble; a bonce.
2. (New Zealand, Australia, informal, obsolete) Something remarkable, wonderful, excellent, etc.
   • 1897 April 3, The Auckland Star, Supplement, page 2:

     ‘Of course the hero of the meeting was A.H. Holder, and let me tell you he is a ‘boncer’.

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