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BOGGIN, adj. Dirty, disgusting, smelly.Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 12:
boggin Smelly stinking: 'Sumdy's feet are boggin.'m.Sc. 1990 Douglas Lipton in Hamish Whyte and Janice Galloway New Writing Scotland 8: The Day I Met the Queen Mother 68:
See this auld coat?
— It's effin' boggin'Edb. 1990:
Ye should've seen his poisoned finger — it wis boggin.Edb. 1991 Irvine Welsh in Hamish Whyte and Janice Galloway New Writing Scotland 9: Scream If You Want to Go Faster 146:
An auld boot gies me the evil eye as I pass her on my way down the bus. No doubt I am fuckin boggin and look a real mess. It doesnae bother me.wm.Sc. 1991 Liz Lochhead Bagpipe Muzak 16:
And the back bedroom was boggin' wi' damp
(It gave you a clammy feeling).Edb. 1991:
The cat's breakfast's boggin.wm.Sc. 1995 Alan Warner Morvern Callar 173:
When that immerser had heated I gulped some more of the bogging-tasting drink then stripped in front the fire, ...