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bona, a. slang.
Brit. |ˈbəʊnə|, U.S. |ˈboʊnə|
Forms: 18– bona, 19– bonar
[Apparently alteration (in Polari slang: see polari n.) of either Italian buona (feminine of buono good), or Spanish buena (feminine of bueno good), probably also influenced by bona-roba n., bona fide adj. Compare also bone adj.]
Good, excellent; attractive.
1846Swell's Night Guide 58 Stunning place—bona shicksters, and clys worth touching, eh, cully. 1893P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xviii. 87 If the rozzers was to see him in bona clobber they'd take him for a gun. 1933E. Seago Circus Company xvi. 261 I'm beggared if I've seen a bona dame tonight. 1947K. Williams Diary 24 Oct. (1993) 15 Did my packing, went to the matelot's bar—met 2 marines—very charming. Bonar shamshes. 1966B. Took & M. Feldman Round the Horne (1975) 59 How bona to vada your eek again. 1989Capital Gay 22 Dec. 51/3 (advt.) A very merry Christmas and a bona New Year to..all the staff. 2001Guardian 4 May ii. 6/1 Bona puddings. Brilliant beer and proper wines. |