bogman

British

/ ˈbɒɡˌmæn /

noun

archaeol the body of a person found preserved in a peat bog

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Electra also created a web series, playing car salesman Don Bogman – a grotesque male character they honed while in real life being quite the opposite: a stripper working in a club near Chicago’s airport.

From The Guardian

The son of an Irish-born blacksmith, Cushing had a face like a Connemara bogman and a voice like coal rattling down a chute into a South Boston basement.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bogman threw his cap and overcoat over in the corner on the lasts and sat down.

From Project Gutenberg

I brought over the bogman's coat.

From Project Gutenberg

He put on the bogman's overcoat and rabbit-skin cap.

From Project Gutenberg

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