bogle

Example Sentences

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“Castle Craig,” this bogle of a railway employee repeated laconically.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

"Well, now tell us your own bogle tale!" she said—"And David and I will play the angels!"

From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Corelli, Marie

What gars ye turn awa yer head, as though ye'd seen a bogle?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

Maybe," answered the doctor, "but it's a loup they often bogle at.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

To-day the bogle wags, a thing of jest And open scorn; the very pipits mock it; A jenny wren, I'm told, has built her nest In one torn pocket!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 by Various