bogle

Example Sentences

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Lang syne, when I was a callant in the south country, I mind there was an auld, bald bogle in the Peewic Moss.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Oh, Lord! oh, Lord! that I should ever live to see you, sir, in league with a bogle!

From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.

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

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