frayboggard

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frayboggard

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

noun frayboggards · fray-boggard

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:

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@misc{frayboggard_2026,
  title = {frayboggard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frayboggard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}