bog-trotter(n.)
“野蛮的爱尔兰人”一词最早出现在1670年代; 参见 bog + trot(动词)。
One who trots over bogs, or lives among bogs; especially, a contemptuous appellation given to the Irish peasantry, probably from the skill shown by many of them in crossing the extensive bogs of the country by leaping from tussock to tussock, where a stranger would find no footing, and from the frequent use they make of this skill to escape from the soldiery, the police, etc. [Century Dictionary]
“一个在沼泽地上小跑或生活的人; 尤其是一种轻蔑的称呼,通常用于爱尔兰农民,可能是因为他们中的许多人在穿越该国广阔的沼泽地时表现出的技巧,从一个草丛跳到另一个草丛,而陌生人则无法立足,并且由于他们经常利用这种技巧逃避士兵、警察等。[世纪词典]
该词起源时间:1670年代