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Wowser         
  • 'Auntie Pratten Censors the Sabbath', cartoon by [[Cecil Hartt]] (published in [[Smith's Weekly]], 14 February 1925), featuring caricatures of the Australian Prime Minister [[Stanley Bruce]] and a minister in his Government, [[Herbert Pratten]] (depicted as the wowserish 'Auntie Pratten').
AUSTRALASIAN SLANG FOR A MORALIZER
Wowserism
"Wowser" is an Australian and New Zealand term that refers to a person who seeks to deprive others of behaviour deemed to be immoral or sinful.
wowser         
  • 'Auntie Pratten Censors the Sabbath', cartoon by [[Cecil Hartt]] (published in [[Smith's Weekly]], 14 February 1925), featuring caricatures of the Australian Prime Minister [[Stanley Bruce]] and a minister in his Government, [[Herbert Pratten]] (depicted as the wowserish 'Auntie Pratten').
AUSTRALASIAN SLANG FOR A MORALIZER
Wowserism
['wa?z?]
¦ noun Austral./NZ informal a puritanical person, in particular a teetotaller or person opposed to alcohol.
Origin
C19: of obscure origin.