bogy

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Lopez-Chacarra overcame a triple bogy on the long par-4 seventh and tied Sargent for the lead with a short birdie on the par-4 15th.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2022

In the 1950s, 3D was wheeled out to upstage television, the industry bogy of that era.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2010

Huey Long climaxed the municipal primary campaign with an hysterical radio tirade against his opponents, finally bursting into parodied song: Anti-Long, little bogy, anti-Long, little bogy, anti-Lo-o-o-ong!

From Time Magazine Archive

The dilemma posed by segregation in Southern public schools, the bogy of federal control following U.S. aid, make the issue hard to handle.

From Time Magazine Archive

And really Tom did not know; but: the suspicious old bogy would not believe him.

From The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Goble, Warwick