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bogglebo

bogglebo noun: a bugbear (imaginary fearsome creature).

Noun

bogglebo (plural boggleboes)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A bugbear (imaginary fearsome creature).
  2. (UK) A witch.
    • In the north country witches were sometimes called boggleboes. This was the name given to a woman from Hylton. [...] to the villagers of Hylton and the stall keepers at the market, she was known as Old Bogglebo.1989, Ken Radford, Fire Burn, page 59

Forms of bogglebo

pluralboggleboes
alternative formboggleboe

Questions about bogglebo

What does bogglebo mean?
Bogglebo means a bugbear (imaginary fearsome creature).
What part of speech is bogglebo?
Bogglebo is a noun.
What is the plural of bogglebo?
The plural of bogglebo is boggleboes.

Words near bogglebo in the dictionary

  1. Boggis
  2. boggish
  3. boggle
  4. boggle eyed
  5. boggle-eyed
  6. bogglebo
  7. boggleboe
  8. boggleboes
  9. boggled
  10. boggled down
  11. boggler

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