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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wowser /ˈwaʊzə/

▶noun Austral./NZ informal a puritanical person, in particular a teetotaller or person opposed to alcohol.

– origin C19: of obscure origin.

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