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 bogle made lawful prize of the contents of the cart.

From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love

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

From Bluebeard by Johnson, Clifton

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 Leighton, Alexander

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