bogle

Example Sentences

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Maybe," answered the doctor, "but it's a loup they often bogle at.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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 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)

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