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bogglebo

noun boggleboes · boggleboe

UK, obsolete A bugbear (imaginary fearsome creature).
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.

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@misc{bogglebo_2026,
  title = {bogglebo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bogglebo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}