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bogger

bogger noun: someone associated with or who works in a bog. Also the comparative form of bog.

Noun

bogger (plural boggers)

  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.”2000, Lorraine Heath., Never Love a Cowboy, page 51
  2. (Australia, slang) A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns).
  3. (derogatory) 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. (Newfoundland, Labrador) A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete.
  5. (Australia, Western, slang) 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.1962, Bill Wannan, Modern Australian humour, page 176
    1. (Australia, Western, slang) A machine which shovels up and carries ore and/or rock in an underground mine
  6. (Australia, slang) A lavatory: a room for urination and defecation.
    • So what if you kissed some bogan mole in the bogger at some 3rd-rate bar?
  7. (Northern England, derogatory, slang) A member of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture.

Also used as

bogger is also the comparative form of bog.

bogger is also the pronunciation spelling of bugger.

Synonyms of bogger

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Forms of bogger

pluralboggers

Origin of bogger

From various senses of bog + -er.

From bugger.

Words formed from bogger

Words that rhyme with bogger

Questions about bogger

What does bogger mean?
Bogger means someone associated with or who works in a bog.
What part of speech is bogger?
Bogger is a noun.
What is the plural of bogger?
The plural of bogger is boggers.

Words near bogger in the dictionary

  1. bogged
  2. bogged down
  3. bogged in
  4. bogged into
  5. bogged off
  6. bogger
  7. boggers
  8. boggery
  9. Boggess
  10. Boggesses
  11. boggest

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