Definition of "wowser" [wowser]

• Australia & New Zealand A person regarded as obnoxiously puritanical. (noun)

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• "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."
• "He said Ms Keneally had upset many in the union ranks with her "wowser" remark when emergency service workers called for the wider adoption of Newcastle's 1am lockout policy at pubs and clubs to reduce alcohol-fuelled violence."