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Humphrey (DeForest) (“Bogie”or”Bogey”) 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
Contemporary Examples
Tupac’s ‘F*ck You’ to a Cop and the Best Last Words Marlow Stern May 26, 2014
Sam Rockwell on ‘The Way, Way Back,’ His Troubled Youth & More Marlow Stern July 4, 2013
The Last Film Star Allen Barra February 19, 2011
The Week in Death: George Jacobs, Sinatra’s Domestic Confidant The Telegraph February 22, 2014
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis Nina Strochlic November 22, 2014
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull Mark Jacobson March 7, 2014
A History of the Oscar Powerhouse ‘From Here to Eternity’ Allen Barra February 28, 2014
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull Mark Jacobson March 7, 2014
verb
(transitive) (slang) to monopolize or keep (something, esp a marijuana cigarette) to oneself selfishly
noun
Humphrey (DeForest). nicknamed Bogie. 1899–1957, US film actor: his films include High Sierra (1941), Casablanca (1942), The Big Sleep (1946), The African Queen (1951), and The Caine Mutiny (1954)
verb
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v.
To behave truculently; get something by intimidation: The little old lady bogarted her way into the grocery line/ some hotshot from Brooklyn trying to Bogart a game from the regulars
(also bogart a joint) To take more than one’s share, esp of a marijuana cigarette; hog
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