Definition of BOGGER

bogger

Meanings

Plural: boggers

Noun

  • Someone associated with or who works in a bog.
  • A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns).
  • 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.
  • A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete.
  • Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground.
  • Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground.
  • A machine which shovels up and carries ore and/or rock in an underground mine
  • A lavatory: a room for urination and defecation.
  • A member of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture.
  • Pronunciation spelling of bugger, used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment.

Adj

  • comparative form of bog: more bog

Origin / Etymology

From various senses of bog + -er.

Synonyms

bathroom, bog, bogger, boglander, bogtrotter, boor, brasco, bucolic, bydlo, can, carl, carsey, churl, cloaca, clodhopper, closet, closet of decency, closet of ease, cludgie, corncob, cornhusker, cottage, country bumpkin, country cousin, crapper, culchie, dike, dubbo, dunny, facilities, geography, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hob, hobnail, hog-rubber, honyock, House of Lords, house of office, hunk, jacks, jacques, jakes, john, johnny, joskin, karzy, khazi, kocay, ladies and gentlemen, latrine, lats, lav, lavabo, lavatory, lavvy, lob, loo, necessarium, necessary, necessary place, necessary room, neddy, netty, office, office of ease, place, potty, privy, promdi, provincial, purging place, redneck, restroom, rube, rustic, shield, shitter, siege, six, small room, smallest room, teahouse, tearoom, throne room, thunderbox, toilet, toilet room, urinal, urination station, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, washroom, water closet, WC, withdraught, woolly back, yokel

Scrabble Score: 10

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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