bogger
English
noun
Definitions
- Someone associated with or who works in a bog.
- (Australia) A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns).
- (originally) : an Irishman, now (Irish) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or (sometimes) from anywhere other than Dublin and the Pale.
- (Newfoundland) A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete.
- (Australia) Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground.
- (Australia) A lavatory: a room for urination and defecation.
- (Northern England) Someone of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture.
Etymology
Suffix from English bog (outhouse, latrine).
Origin
English
bog
Gloss
outhouse, latrine
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bog English
- bog moss English
- bog-myrtle English
- bogberry English
- boggard English
- boggish English
- boggo English
- boggy English
- boghouse English
- bogland English
- bogless English
- boglet English
- bograt English
- bogroll English
- bogrush English
- bogsucker English
- bogtrotter English
- bogtrotting English
- bogwood English
- bogwort English
- embog English
- peatbog English
- bog Middle English