Bogtrotter Edit Meaning

1.

A mildly insulting epithet for an Irishman.

My uncle Mick was in the Paras,

best job he ever had, shooting bogtrotters AND getting paid for it!

2.

Bawg-trau-ter

Origianlly a very derogatory word for an Irishman, not always used as an insult nowadays.

in the 1700s-1800s, the English often referred to the Irish they oppressed as "uncivilized bogtrotters", as the English have historically had the habit of calling anyone of a different nationality "uncivilized".

See ireland, irish, english, british slang

3.

A person that loves cake and is capable of eating it in large quantities.

This use of the word originates from the character Bruce Bogtrotter from Roald Dahl's Matilda, who steals a piece of The Trunchbull's chocolate cake, and is consequently required to eat the whole thing as punishment (but he manages this without too much difficulty, to the Trunchbull's annoyance).

"Do you like cake, Bogtrotter?"

See cake, chocolate, matilda, greed, bruce