Green’s Dictionary of Slang

bugger-lugger n.

[? buggerlug v.]

1. one who wastes time on trivial activities.

[US]Overland Monthly (CA) Feb. 165: They only make the old buggerlugger stick her round nose in the water, and don’t help ... a mite.

2. in fig. use, a factory hand.

[US]Wood & Goddard Dict. Amer. Sl.