bogle
Example Sentences
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“Castle Craig,” this bogle of a railway employee repeated laconically.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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
These oppressed yet dreaded fugitives obtained, naturally enough, the character of the German spirits called Kobold, from which the English goblin and the Scottish bogle, by some inversion and alteration of pronunciation, are evidently derived.
From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Scott, Walter, Sir
He may be a ghost, or a bogle, or a wraith," she said; "or he may only be a harmless Brownie.
From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Stewart, Allan
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
