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Meanings of old bugger in English

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Usage of old bugger in English
1
I say, the old bugger wants to know where your stuff is.
Greener Than You Think
2
When afterwards she observed that he was a tough old bugger .
The Irish Times
3
Last night I caught an old bugger pissing into the drinking fountain.
The ginger man
4
They're company on dark nights, but that one's a right creepy old bugger.
The Book of Life
5
He really wasn't in the mood for this obnoxious old bugger.
Blood harvest
6
The old bugger had not lain here enjoying the view unnoticed.
Complete Books of Blood
7
If you're anything other than an old bugger you grew up with Robin Williams.
The Irish Times
8
The old bugger was more frightening when he was ice-cold, and he certainly was now.
Jacinto's Remnant
9
Crusty old bugger-an ex-colonel from the south of England.
Evanly bodies
10
I even remember that old bugger boasting about it.
Blood harvest
11
Poor old bugger God, isn't he, stuck inside there?''
English passengers
12
And Cefalu, in Palermo, Sicily, is cheap and far from the bald old bugger Mussolini.
Sympathy for the devil
13
He always turned up, the old bugger, and delivered thundering speeches about the bloody conservatives.'
Arctic chill
14
There was nothing relieved or triumphant in his voice; the poor old bugger just sounded resigned.
Anvil Gate
15
Come on old thing, old plum, old bugger.
Perdido Street Station
16
Most of my games were quite calm, as people knew that I was a cantankerous old bugger.
The Guardian
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Old bugger across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common