bogle

Example Sentences

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

The same flag that keeps aff a witch may easily fetch a bogle.

From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil

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