boskerino n.
something or someone excellent, first-rate.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 16 Sept. 6/8: The beach is fairly packed every day, and the pier, rink, and casino are regular boskerinos. | ||
Sun. Times (Perth) 2 Feb. 1/2: Mr. Chriscroft (enthusiastically): O, he’s a boskerino is Stiff. | ||
Truth (Brisbane) 30 July 3/4: Bill Squires, ‘the bontoger boskorino,’ as the Newcastle miners and all the rest of Australia dubbed him when he was knocking down opponents like a bowler in a skittle alley, has arrived. |