buggerlugs

alternative bugalugs

1. AustraliauncountableA term of address that can be rude or affectionate.

   'Come on, buggerlugs, let's get you by the fire.'

   2020 December 10, Mary Wood, The Jam Factory Girls, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN

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   Also, “How's it goin', bugalugs.” And, “Take a shufti at the Brit kid, mate.”

   2008 November 6, Allan Cole, Lucky in Cyprus: A True Story about a Teacher, a Boy, an Earthquake, Some Terrorists, and the CIA, Allan Cole, →ISBN, page 274

   'Hey, bugalugs, I'm just doing my job.' I grinned back.

   2010 May 7, Hayley Long, Lottie Biggs is (Not) Desperate, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN

   'Come here, buggerlugs.' The woman flung her arms out to her sides and wriggled her fingers. 'Give your Aunty Myra a cuddle.'

   2022 February 24, Rebecca Griffiths, The Hidden Child: A completely unputdownable mystery thriller inspired by a true crime, Bookouture, →ISBN