blitherer n.2
(Aus./N.Z.) an exemplar; thus blithering, first-rate.
Sun. Times (Perth) 10 May 1/1: The Hot Waistcoat Competition is the latest [and] Danny’s shirt-waist is a blithered and a joy. | ||
N.Z. Truth 27 Feb. 6/4: Hot stuff flew thick and fast through the thirteenth [...] The round was a blitherer [...]The last was another blithering round. | ||
Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Sept. 18/1: Patronising Party: ‘I hope you are nice, well-behaved boys.’ / The Nipper: ‘I’m not too horrible, Mister, but Jim, he’s a real blitherer.’. | ||
Sport (Adelaide) 15 June 6/2: [of a racehorse] They all know he’s a blitherooster when after it . | ||
Digger Dialects 11: blitherer — Something supremely excellent. | ||
(con. WWI) Gloss. of Sl. [...] in the A.I.F. 1921–1924 (rev. t/s) n.p.: blitherer. Something or someone excellent. |