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frayboggard

frayboggard noun: a scarecrow.

Noun

frayboggard (plural frayboggards)

  1. (obsolete) A scarecrow.
    • For like as a frayboggarde in a garden off Cucumbers kepeth nothinge, euen ſo are their goddes of wod, of ſyluer ⁊ golde:1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Baruch vj:[70]...

Forms of frayboggard

pluralfrayboggards
alternative formfray-boggard

Origin of frayboggard

From fray (“fear, terror”) + boggard (“bugbear, ghost, goblin”).

Questions about frayboggard

What does frayboggard mean?
Frayboggard means a scarecrow.
What part of speech is frayboggard?
Frayboggard is a noun.
What is the plural of frayboggard?
The plural of frayboggard is frayboggards.

Words near frayboggard in the dictionary

  1. fray
  2. Fray Bentos
  3. fray-boggard
  4. fray-boggards
  5. frayable
  6. frayboggard
  7. frayboggards
  8. frayed
  9. frayedness
  10. Frayer
  11. Frayers

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