bontodger

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adjective

Excellent; wonderful.

OriginFrench bon →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivebontodger (comparative more bontodger, superlative most bontodger)

comparative more bontodger · superlative most bontodger

  1. AustraliaobsoleteslangExcellent; wonderful.

    Of the home forwards, Moir and Brackenrigg were the pick. The latter is a bon-todger goal-kicker[.]

    1908 July 22, The Sydney Sportsman, page 7, column 2
nounbontodger (plural bontodgers)

plural bontodgers

  1. AustraliaobsoleteslangSomeone or something impressive and wonderful.

    The preliminary, though always closely fought, was rarely really exciting till the last round which, to use a colloquialism, was a bontoger.

    1920 September 29, The Referee, Sydney, page 10, column 3

Origin

  1. Frenchbon“good”
  2. Englishbontodger

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

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Cite this entry
APA

bontodger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bontodger

MLA

“bontodger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bontodger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bontodger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bontodger.

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