Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bontodger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bon-todger
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excellent; wonderful.

Australian usage; Obsolete; Slang

noun

Someone or something impressive and wonderful.

Australian usage; Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

"Of the home forwards, Moir and Brackenrigg were the pick. The latter is a bon-todger goal-kicker[.]"
"The preliminary, though always closely fought, was rarely really exciting till the last round which, to use a colloquialism, was a bontoger."

Etymology

Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from French bon (“good”) + toujours (“always”); literally, “always good”.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: bon

Usage

Inflected Forms

more bontodger (comparative) most bontodger (superlative) bontodgers (plural)

Questions

What does bontodger mean?: Excellent; wonderful.
Where does bontodger come from?: It is traced to French.

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