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wowser

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈwaʊzə(ɹ)/Sorted eorswwStarts with WEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. One with strong moral views against excessive consumption of alcohol, gambling, pornography, etc., who seeks to promulgate those views.

Word origin

From UK dialect. In the pro-temperance sense, Australian from early 1900s.

Used in a sentence

  • “I’d like to come with you one day up to the top end,” she said. “I suppose it’ll have to be after we’re married.” He grinned. “Plenty of wowsers back in Willstown to talk about it, if you came before.”
  • When they have paid attention to temperance advocates they have tended to dismiss them as ‘wowsers’ or ‘puritans’ intent on suppressing pleasure.
  • Quite simply, to a wowser, adults should not be allowed to see, hear and read as they wished, but should only be allowed to see hear and read that which fully conforms to Australia's Christian heritage[…].

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