chunder informal,

chunder informal,
chunder informal,
chiefly Austral./NZ
verb vomit.
noun vomit.
Origin
1950s: prob. from rhyming sl. Chunder Loo 'spew', from the name of a cartoon character Chunder Loo of Akim Foo in the Sydney Bulletin.

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