bogtrotter

[bog-trot-er, bawg-]

noun

1. a person who lives or travels among bogs.

2. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.,  a contemptuous term used to refer to a native or inhabitant of Ireland.

bogtrotter

/ ˈbɒɡˌtrɒtə /

noun

1. a highly offensive term for an Irish person

Word History and Origins

Origin of bogtrotter¹

First recorded in 1675–85; bog ¹ + trotter

Example Sentences

More than half of those that voted said that she would also remain best friends with fellow student Lavender, while fans thought Bruce Bogtrotter - who devoured a whole cake in the book - would now be a Great British Bake Off contestant.

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He died two years after its publication. ’s lasting popularity—there are 4.5 million copies in print in the U.S. alone––would have made him more satisfied than Bruce Bogtrotter after the Trunchbull forces him to eat an entire chocolate cake.

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Bruno Bumblebonger Bruce Bogtrotter Stephen Sweedlepipe Harold Honeythunder From which children’s book is the following feast taken from?

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Of course Chanderpaul is left-handed and we know that Swann gobbles up left-handers as eagerly as Bruce Bogtrotter eats cake.

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And did his party delegates rise like one man and cry: "Take off your shoes, Mulcahy, and show us the true webbed feet of a bogtrotter�or bad cess to you!"

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