bogle

Example Sentences

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

But the canty auld wife cam till her braith, And she thocht the Bible micht ward aif scaith; Be it benshee, bogle, ghaist, or wraith— But it fear’d na Aiken-drum.

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

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)

"Well, now tell us your own bogle tale!" she said—"And David and I will play the angels!"

From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Corelli, Marie

I’m no bogle, but you’d better not ask what I am.

From Bluebeard by Johnson, Clifton