bogger in English dictionary
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bogger
Meanings and definitions of "bogger"
- Someone that is associated with or works in bogs.
- (Australian, slang) A man who catches so-called nippers or snapping prawns.
- (Irish, derogatory) Someone not from a city.
- (Irish, derogatory) Under other circumstances, those not from The Pale, or not from Dublin.
- (Newfoundland, Labrador) A daring task that children challenge each other to complete.
- (Australian, slang) Someone who works to shovel ore underground.
- (Australian, slang) The restroom.
- (Northern England, derogatory, slang) Someone of the goth, skate, punk, or emo culture.
- (slang) An epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment.
- comparative form of [i]bog[/i]: more bogadjective
- Eye dialect spelling of [i]bugger.[/i] Used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment.“Bogger”, entry in 1990, Leslie Dunkling, A dictionary of epithets and terms of address.noun
- Someone associated with or who works in a bog.noun
- A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns). 1966, Sidney John Baker, The Australian language, page 223.noun(Australia, slang)
- Synonym of [i]Boglander[/i]: an Irishman, now ( Ireland, derogatory) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or ( sometimes) from anywhere other than Dublin and the Pale.noun(originally Britain, derogatory)
- A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete.“bogger”, entry in 2004 [1990], George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, Dictionary of Newfoundland English.noun(Newfoundland, Labrador)
- Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground. “bogger”, entry in 1989, Joan Hughes, Australian words and their origins.noun(Australia, Western Australia, slang)
- A lavatory: a room for urination and defecation.noun(Australia, slang)
- Someone of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture.noun(Northern England, derogatory, slang)
Grammar and declension of bogger
- bogger ( plural boggers)
- bogger (plural boggers)