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. AustraliaslangA man who catches nippers (snapping prawns).
3. derogatorySynonym of boglander: an Irishman, now (Ireland, derogatory) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or (sometimes) from anywhere other than Dublin and the Pale.

   Synonyms: boglander, culchie, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl

4. NewfoundlandLabradorA dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete.
5. AustraliaWesternslangSomeone 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. AustraliaWesternslangA machine which shovels up and carries ore and/or rock in an underground mine
6. AustraliaslangA lavatory: a room for urination and defecation.

   So what if you kissed some bogan mole in the bogger at some 3rd-rate bar?

   Synonyms: bathroom, latrine, necessarium, toilet, toilet room, urinal, water closet, WC

7. Northern EnglandderogatoryslangA member of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture.

1. comparativecomparative form of bog: more bog

plural boggers

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of bugger, used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment.

   "You bloody bogger...!

   1986, Ian Breakwell., Ian Breakwell's diary, 1964-1985

   2 more examples

   "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."

   1998, Alan Sillitoe, The Broken Chariot

   "The dirty bogger! He's got a fancy woman! Nine times a week!"

   1992, Alan Sillitoe, Saturday night and Sunday morning