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bullbeggar

bullbeggar noun: something used or suggested to produce terror; a bugbear.

Noun

bullbeggar (plural bullbeggars)

  1. (obsolete) Something used or suggested to produce terror; a bugbear.
    • And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the froward children in the parish.1691, William Mountfort, Greenwich-Park
  2. A kind of goblin.

Forms of bullbeggar

pluralbullbeggars

Questions about bullbeggar

What does bullbeggar mean?
Bullbeggar means something used or suggested to produce terror; a bugbear.
What part of speech is bullbeggar?
Bullbeggar is a noun.
What is the plural of bullbeggar?
The plural of bullbeggar is bullbeggars.

Words near bullbeggar in the dictionary

  1. bullbaitings
  2. bullbar
  3. bullbars
  4. bullbat
  5. bullbats
  6. bullbeggar
  7. bullbeggars
  8. bullberries
  9. bullberry
  10. bullbleep
  11. bullboat

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