bogglebo
English
editNoun
editbogglebo (plural boggleboes)
- (UK, obsolete) A bugbear (imaginary fearsome creature).
- (UK) A witch.
- 1989, Ken Radford, Fire Burn, page 59:
- 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.