wowser









wowser


wowser [wou-zer] Word Origin noun Australia and New Zealand.

  1. an excessively puritanical person.

Origin of wowser First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain British Dictionary definitions for wowser wowser noun Australian and NZ slang

  1. a fanatically puritanical person
  2. a teetotaller

Word Origin for wowser C20: from English dialect wow to whine, complain

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