bogle

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There's no accoontin' for tastes; clap a bunnet on a tawtie-bogle, wi' a cock to the ae side that's kin' o' knowin', and ony woman'll jump at his neck, though ye micht pap peas through the place whaur his wame should be.

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  • I suggested calling her type of angry rant a "bogle" in her honour. —  Planet Atheism
  • The village matrons who relieved Dominie Sampson on this last occasion, declared that the Laird might just as well "trust the bairn to the care o' a tatie-bogle! —  Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North
  • 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. —  Gryll Grange
  • 'Thank you,' said the bogle, and changed himself into a shape which laid the carter on his back, with his heels in the air. —  Gryll Grange
  • "That's the bogle-booby breathing. —  Menhardoc
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Scots bogill, perhaps ultimately from Welsh bwg, ghost, hobgoblin.

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  1. Also dial. boggle, Se. bogle, bogill, bugil, a specter, hobgoblin; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Welsh bwgwl, bygwl, a threat, menace, bygel, a bugbear, scarecrow, hobgoblin, bwg, a specter, later English bug: see bug and bugbear. Cf. bog, boggard, and G. bögge, böggel-mann, a bogy, bogle.
 

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/ˈboʊgl/
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