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stonker

[ stong-ker ]

verb (used with object)

Australian Informal.
  1. to hit hard; knock unconscious.
  2. to defeat decisively.
  3. to baffle; confuse.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stonker1

First recorded in 1910–15; origin uncertain
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The Times' Carol Midgley, giving the episode four stars out of five, declared "it was a stonker of a finale" and had "mostly played a blinder".

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Frankly any excuse to play Alphaville’s 80s stonker is a good thing as far as I’m concerned.

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And it looks like a stonker: Mothercare’s UK like-for-like sales shrank by 7.2% in the last 12 weeks over 2017.

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The third Test, on a Jo’burg green top, with Steyn and possibly Philander fit again, is going to be a stonker.

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The third Test, on a Jo’burg green top, with Steyn and possibly Philander fit again, is going to be a stonker.

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