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 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)

The bogle made lawful prize of the contents of the cart.

From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love

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)

For though, whaure’er yoursel’ may be, We’ve just to turn an’ glisk a wee, An’ Rab at heel we’re sh�re to see Wi’ gladsome caper:— The bogle of a bogle, he— A ghaist o’ paper!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis