Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus./N.Z.) excellent, first-rate, very good; of a person, atractive.

1918		J.S. Finney 8 Aug. diary 🌐 Hopped over under a ‘snodger’ barrage and reached our objective.
1921		F. Grose A Rough Y.M. Bloke 26: We went through a lot of gardens right up to a ‘snodger’ ’ouse.
1924		(con. WWI) A.G. Pretty Gloss. Sl. [...] in the A.I.F. 1921–1924 (rev. t/s) n.p.: snifter or snodger. Extraordinarily good or big.
1924		C.J. Dennis ‘Termarter Sorce’ in Rose of Spadgers 36: It was a snodger day! [...] All things seemed good to me.
1930		Mail (Adelaide) 26 July 7s/5: There’d be snodger sales.
1933		Era (London) 1 Feb. 9/3: A snodger tart with [...] an elluva croaky voice [...] gets mixed up with the ructions.
1944		Argus (Melbourne) 16 Dec. 2/6: Blime, Bob! Did yer see this snodger bit o’ news?
1956		Argus (Melbourne) 26 Apr. 14/3: Hope I have not damaged your snodger car.
1963–74		B. Humphries Barry McKenzie [comic strip] in Complete Barry McKenzie (1988) 21: Jeez, what a snidger time we had on them bygone arvoes.
1988		McGill Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 105/2: snodger first rate; popular with juveniles between two world wars.
2001		Observer Sport Monthly Dec.