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rugger buggers

rugger buggers is the plural of rugger bugger.

Meaning of rugger bugger

Noun

rugger bugger (plural rugger buggers)

  1. (Australia, South Africa, UK, derogatory) Someone who is fanatical about sports, especially rugby union, and who can be loud and unpleasant to other people.

Questions about rugger buggers

What is rugger buggers the plural of?
Rugger buggers is the plural of rugger bugger.

Words near rugger buggers in the dictionary

  1. ruggedness
  2. ruggednesses
  3. ruggelach
  4. rugger
  5. rugger bugger
  6. rugger buggers
  7. Ruggeri
  8. Ruggeris
  9. ruggers
  10. ruggier
  11. Ruggiero

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