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onkus.

Inferior; unpleasant; unacceptably bad.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Inferior; unpleasant; unacceptably bad.

    Australia · New-Zealand · dated · slang
  2. Good; acceptable; okay.

    New-Zealand · obsolete · rare · slang
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Australian from 1903, New Zealand from 1909. Compare slightly earlier onky.

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