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bogger
noun 6
Collocations
5ADJ.
bloody, dirty, funny, trying
VERB + BOGGER
war
BOGGER + NOUN
he's, man, scramble
PREP.
in
ADV.
afore
Definitions
noun
1
Someone associated with or who works in a bog.
“I was a bogger afore the war—” “A bogger?” “Yep. I was the one sent to get the cattle out of the muddy bogs and thickets.”
2
A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns).
3
Synonym of boglander: an Irishman, now (Ireland, derogatory) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or (sometimes) from anywhere other than Dublin and the Pale.
4
A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete.
5
Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground.
Polish Joe was a bogger, a man who shifted unbelievable quantities of dirt away from the face from which it had been blown, and into trucks for dumping in the underground bins each day.
noun
1
Pronunciation spelling of bugger, used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment.
"You bloody bogger...!
"You're a funny bogger, though. I never could mek yo' out. Ye're just like one of the lads, but sometimes there's a posh bogger trying to scramble out."
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“I was a bogger afore the war—” “A bogger?” “Yep. I was the one sent to get the cattle out of the muddy bogs and thickets.”
Wiktionary02
Polish Joe was a bogger, a man who shifted unbelievable quantities of dirt away from the face from which it had been blown, and into trucks for dumping in the underground bins each day.
Wiktionary03
So what if you kissed some bogan mole in the bogger at some 3rd-rate bar?
Wiktionary04
"You bloody bogger...!
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"You're a funny bogger, though. I never could mek yo' out. Ye're just like one of the lads, but sometimes there's a posh bogger trying to scramble out."
Wiktionary06
"The dirty bogger! He's got a fancy woman! Nine times a week!"
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