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
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)
“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
This bogle stood at the doorway when we ourselves went to have our first Turkish bath.
From Turkish and Other Baths A Guide to Good Health and Longevity by Stables, Gordon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
