wowser

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"I will accept some debate around what should and should not be on the internet - I am not a wowser," Senator Conroy told The Age.

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  • She'll be backed by the Boise Philharmonic to mark the 25th anniversary of the Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts. The night should be a wowser as Milman - a vocalist with a rich, honeyed voice that ranges from smooth to smokey - makes her symphonic debut with the Boise Philharmonic. —  IdahoStatesman.com News Updates
  • The conversation is civiled and respective, even when someone drops a wowser, like Jolly†™ s “the title of this movie is a marketing ploy, †and it†™ s wildly intriguing. —  FlickFilosopher.com
  • Mr Overland said he was not a "wowser" and it was also up to local and state governments and its citizens to develop geographic areas in a socially responsible way. —  The Australian | News |
  • One, that I was the last person you would call a wowser and secondly, that I'd seen a fair bit of life on my travels with 60
  • One, that I was the last person you would call a wowser and secondly, that I'd seen a fair bit of life on my travels with 60 Minutes and not too much would shock me.
 

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

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