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wowser

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wow·ser  (wouzr)
n. Australia & New Zealand
A person regarded as obnoxiously puritanical.
[Possibly from dialectal wow, to howl, complain, of imitative origin.]
wowser [ˈwaʊzə]
n Austral and NZ slang
1. a fanatically puritanical person
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a teetotaller
[from English dialect wow to whine, complain]
Translations
wowser
n (Austral inf)
(= killjoy) → Miesmacher(in) m(f) (inf)
(= teetotaller) → Abstinenzler(in) m(f)
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Randerson reached for remote symbolism, but the surface of the story says plainly that Jesus was no wowser and that god has a pleasant sense of humour.
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