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wow⋅ser

  [wou-zer]
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–noun Australia and New Zealand.
an excessively puritanical person.
Origin:
1895–1900; orig. uncert.
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wow·ser   (wou'zər)   
n.   Australia & New Zealand
A person regarded as obnoxiously puritanical.

[Possibly from dialectal wow, to howl, complain, of imitative origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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