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Bogy

noun
(pl. bogies)  (Written also bogey)
1.
An unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft.  Synonyms: bogey, bogie.
2.
An evil spirit.  Synonyms: bogey, bogie.






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"Bogy" Quotes from Famous Books



... platter stopper hopping diner shiny tiny doted dinner shinny tinny dotted cuter hater poker offer cutter hated paper wider holy hatter taper spider holly riding favor diver bony ridding fever gallon bonny biting clover racer bogy bitting over cider boggy caning halo label Mary canning solo yellow marry planer polo jolly mate planner flabby jelly matter ruder shabby maker robed rudder ruddy taker robbed loping tulip dummy pining lopping cedar common pinning ...
— The Beacon Second Reader • James H. Fassett

... do was to lie still, see my shot-gun handy, and wait for the explosion. But it was a solemn kind of a business. The blackness of the night was like solid; the only thing you could see was the nasty bogy glimmer of the dead wood, and that showed you nothing but itself; and as for sounds, I stretched my ears till I thought I could have heard the match burn in the tunnel, and that bush was as silent as a coffin. Now ...
— Island Nights' Entertainments • Robert Louis Stevenson

... understandable than he had at first dreamed of. Yet, all the same, I know he had to keep his guesses and half-formed opinions pretty well to himself; for the Old Man and the First Mate chaffed him unmercifully about his "bogy." This, I got from Tammy, who had heard them both ragging him during the second dog-watch the following day. There was another thing Tammy told me, that showed how the Second Mate bothered about his inability to understand the mysterious appearance ...
— The Ghost Pirates • William Hope Hodgson



Words linked to "Bogy" :   evil spirit, aircraft, bogie, bogey



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