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bog Irish

bog Irish noun: people of low-class Irish ancestry.

Noun

bog Irish pl (plural only)

  1. (derogatory, plural, plural-only) People of low-class Irish ancestry.
    • My friends dismissed him as a Kerry sheep thief and a bog Irish gombeen man.2010, Andrew M. Greeley, Irish Crystal: A Nuala Anne McGrail Novel, →ISBN, page 165
    • “Ye stupid, stupid, bloody woman,” he said. “I'd forgive ye if it was the first time and put it down to pure, unadulterated, bog Irish buck ignorance, but it's not bloody well the first time, and ye knew exactly what ye were up to. Didn't ye? Didn't ye?"2013, Patrick Taylor, Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor: An Irish Country Novel, →ISBN, page 42

Origin of bog Irish

From bog + Irish.

Questions about bog Irish

What does bog Irish mean?
Bog Irish means people of low-class Irish ancestry.
What part of speech is bog Irish?
Bog Irish is a noun.

Words near bog Irish in the dictionary

  1. bog gas
  2. bog hole
  3. bog holes
  4. bog in
  5. bog into
  6. bog Irish
  7. bog iron
  8. bog iron ore
  9. bog Latin
  10. bog laurel
  11. bog meadow

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