bogle

Example Sentences

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

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

Whether there was among them 'ae winsome wench and wawlie,' is more than I can say; but most probably there was, or the bogle would scarcely have been so zealous in the cause.

From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love

“Well,” cried the bogle, extending his ghostly arms over his head, “do go and see a doctor first.”

From Turkish and Other Baths A Guide to Good Health and Longevity by Stables, Gordon