bogle

Example Sentences

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

This bogle stood at the doorway when we ourselves went to have our first Turkish bath.

From Turkish and Other Baths A Guide to Good Health and Longevity by Stables, Gordon

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

But what most of them felt was perhaps rather broadly expressed by Maitland when he called religion 'a bogle of the nursery.'

From Short Studies on Great Subjects by Froude, James Anthony