bogle
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“Castle Craig,” this bogle of a railway employee repeated laconically.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
In this pious design the bogle was happily frustrated by the intervention of some trees which grew on the precipice, and to which my unhappy grand-uncle clung with the zeal of a drowning man.
From Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland by Anonymous
Ghaist nor bogle shall thou fear; Ghost, goblin Thou'rt to Love and Heaven sae dear, Nocht of ill may come thee near, Nought My bonnie dearie.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
Maybe," answered the doctor, "but it's a loup they often bogle at.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Now for a bogle story in the gloamin'!'
From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Marie Corelli
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