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wow·ser (wou

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n. Australia & New Zealand

A person regarded as obnoxiously puritanical.

[Possibly from dialectal wow, to howl, complain, of imitative origin.]

wowser

Noun

Austral & NZ slang

1. a fanatically puritanical person

2. a teetotaller [dialect wow to complain]

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