bogle

Example Sentences

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

He looked pale, and almost fleered out of his wits, so I made sure he had seen the bogle that my granam used to frighten us with.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John

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 Ker, W. P.

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)