onkus

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#1·14h ago

(Australia, New Zealand, slang, dated) Inferior; unpleasant; unacceptably bad.

Origin: . Australian from 1903, New Zealand from 1909. Compare slightly earlier onky. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·14h ago

(New Zealand, slang, rare, obsolete) Good; acceptable; okay.

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