bogle

Example Sentences

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

The bogle that comes to a house at night and throttles the goodman is a creature more hardy than the dragon, and more persevering.

From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by Ker, W. P.

Great was the surprise o' baith at the unexpected sight; they were maist as frightened as if they'd seen a bogle.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various

The name Bangweolo is applied to the great mass of water, though I fear that our English folks will bogle at it or call it Bungyhollow.

From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)

An' aa saw theer t' bogle—thee knaws, t' bogle o' Bleacliff Tarn; an' she turned hersel, an' she spoak to me!'

From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.