Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A heretic.

Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.

The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers ? charter. (see Are judges politically correct?)

(slang, pejorative, UK, Australian, NZ) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.

''He's a silly bugger for losing his keys.

The bugger ?s given me the wrong change.

My computer's being a bit of a bugger .

* 1928 , Frank Parker Day, Rockbound , Gutenberg Australia eBook #0500721h,

“I?ll take it out on dat young bugger ,” he thought viciously.

* 1947 , James Hilton, So Well Remembered , Gutenberg Australia eBook #0600371h,

Here the cheers and shouts of the gallery were interrupted by a shabby little man in the back row who yelled out with piercing distinctness: “Don't matter what you call ?im now, George. The bugger ?s dead.”

(slang, UK, Australian, NZ) A situation that causes dismay.

So you're stuck out in woop-woop and the next train back is Thursday next week. Well, that's a bit of a bugger .

(slang, UK, Australian, NZ) Someone viewed with affection; a chap.

How are you, you old bugger ?

* 1946 , Olaf Stapledon, Arms Out of Hand'', in ''Collected Stories , Gutenberg Australia eBook #0601341,

Good luck, you old bugger !

* 1953 February-March, , Gutenberg eBook #18346],

“And if Pelton found out that his kids are Literates—Woooo! ” Cardon grimaced. “Or what we've been doing to him. I hope I?m not around when that happens. I?m beginning to like the cantankerous old bugger .”

(slang, dated) A damn, anything at all.

I don't give a bugger how important you think it is.

(slang, British) Someone who is very fond of something

I'm a bugger for Welsh cakes.

(slang, USA - West) A rough synonym for whippersnapper.

What is that little bugger up to now?

Noun

(uncountable) rugby

(US) a person who rugby

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, date= , year=1974 , month=August , first= , last= , author=Paul Burka , coauthors= , title=The Sport of Rough Gentlemen , volume=2 , issue=8 , page=42 , magazine=Texas Monthly , publisher= , issn= citation , passage=To this day ruggers belittle soccer, and they will tell anyone who expresses the slightest interest in their game that rugby is "a ruffian's game played by gentlemen," while soccer is "a gentleman's game played by ruffians." }}

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, date= , year=1977 , month=Apr , first= , last= , author=Robert McKay , coauthors= , title=My Heart's In Highlands, A Chasing The Ruggers , volume=10 , issue=7 , page=80 , magazine=Cincinnati Magazine , publisher= , issn= citation , passage=When you put sixty ruggers and their friends and lovers in a bar, you've really got something going. }}

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, date=1996-12-16 , year= , month= , first= , last= , author=Shannon Black , coauthors= , title=Rugby: Aliens 3, Locals 0 , volume=29 , issue=49 , page=22 , magazine=New York Magazine , publisher= , issn= citation , passage=Some of the world's most talented ruggers' had come to New York for the weekend to play for fun. "What's football — just an Americanization of rugby," exclaimed one fan at the 38th Annual New York Sevens Tournament. … Brian Corcoran, who in 1990 played for Team USA for free, distinguished ' ruggers from "the spoiled, arrogant professionals you're dealing with in other sports." }}

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, date=2011-06-08 , year= , first= , last= , author= , authorlink= , title=Club sports: Touring British Army ruggers welcomed , site=Santa Monica Daily Press citation , archiveorg= , accessdate= , passage=After the game, the teams adjourned to the Dolphins’ usual after-match location, O’Brien’s Irish Pub on Main Street, where they enjoyed a spirited social together: songs were sung, speeches and presentations were made, and mutual admiration was expressed, particularly toward the soldier-ruggers of the 7th for their sacrifice and dedication. }}