bogle
Example Sentences
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“Castle Craig,” this bogle of a railway employee repeated laconically.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Now for a bogle story in the gloamin'!'
From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Marie Corelli
But to my venerated grandmother, in particular, I am indebted for my early acquaintance with the whole history and economy of the spiritual kingdoms, divided as they are into bogle, ghost, and fairy-land.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton
Great was the surprise o' baith at the unexpected sight; they were maist as frightened as if they'd seen a bogle.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
The bogle that comes to a house at night and throttles the goodman is a creature more hardy than the dragon, and more persevering.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker
