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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a right bugger" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in British English as a colloquial expression to describe someone who is annoying or troublesome, often in a light-hearted or humorous context.
Example: "He can be a right bugger when he doesn't get his way, but we all love him anyway."
Alternatives: "a real pain" or "a bit of a nuisance".
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It's a right bugger".
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He's a right clumsy bugger sometimes, is Ramos.
I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me.
They're both -2, and a right pair of erratic buggers.
"I know I look a bit like a bugger," he said.
We finally find a true frog, a cute little bugger sitting in the mud.
And then the putt back up the green - nominally the par putt - takes a sharp right-hand turn and buggers off back down another, slightly softer, slope.
He was a frenzied bugger".
And anyway, I'm a lucky bugger.
A big "Bugger Off" sign made of ABC gum?
"He's a nervy bugger," he replies.
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