What does "bogger" mean?
Someone associated with or who works in a bog.
Bogger
adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Someone associated with or who works in a bog.
- Grammar: bogger is listed as adj, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: bathroom, block, bog dweller, bog inhabitant.
- Useful contrasts: aid, assist, city dweller.
- Usage evidence: “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.”
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Definitions
Noun
- 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.”"
- 2 Pronunciation spelling of bugger, used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
""You bloody bogger...!"
- 3 A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns). Australia, slang
- 4 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. derogatory
- 5 A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete. Newfoundland
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- 6 Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground. Australia, Western, slang
"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."
- 7 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 Australia, Western, slang
- 8 A lavatory: a room for urination and defecation. Australia, slang
"So what if you kissed some bogan mole in the bogger at some 3rd-rate bar?"
- 9 A member of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture. Northern-England, derogatory, slang
Adjective
- 1 comparative form of bog: more bog comparative, form-of
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"“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.”"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bogger"?
Common synonyms include: bathroom, block, bog dweller, bog inhabitant, bog resident, bog worker.
How do you use "bogger" in a sentence?
“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.”
Etymology
Etymology 1
From various senses of bog + -er.
Etymology 2
From bugger.