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BUGGERLUGS, n. Term of contempt for a person.Gsw. 1990 John and Willy Maley From the Calton to Catalonia 22:
Ah hope buggerlugs heard it. Ah'm tellin ye, Lorraine, when ah broke it tae ma maw that ah wiz gonnae merry a communist she says tae me, "It could be worse, hen. He could be a soldier!"wm.Sc. 1991 Liz Lochhead Bagpipe Muzak 31:
Anyway, she orders the smoked salmon straight away, while buggerlugs is swithering over the part on our menu called Soup Kitchen, ... Edb. 2003:
Ah hope buggerlugs [the boss] disnae catch her skivin.