Noun, : Fear is the major bogy of novice mountain climbers. A speed of 40 knots is a bogy for motorboats. From Dictionary.com.
"bogy," changed their minds and sidled toward the Democratic lines. From Wordnik.com. [History of the United States, Volume 5 (of 6)] Reference
If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do. From Wordnik.com. [Brown to Bring Kinnock into the Cabinet] Reference
The old bogy of annexation has entirely disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Future of Canada] Reference
The River and Harbor bogy wove the pattern of Shelby's troubled dreams. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
You recognize the newspaper bogy which goes by my name as a caricature. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
These machines must be safe to ride in, but the bogy of radiation was frightening. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
But when they get moist they get bogy and they are no longer able to perform their function. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2007] Reference
Mammas and aunties of would-be young artists seem to have made a veritable bogy-man of this would-be lady-killer. From Wordnik.com. [Stage Confidences] Reference
At last he stopped — thump! and found himself tight in the legs of the most wonderful bogy which he had ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [The Water Babies] Reference
We did not know this, but still had its bogy set over us, and were urgent to put out of action a yet longer stretch. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
Speculation is another common bogy of an inflation. From Wordnik.com. [Mises Dailies] Reference
Don't settle for thin, homogenized, store-bogy "apple juice.". From Wordnik.com. [Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] Reference
Do I hear a man speaking, or is it a boy, frightened by a bogy?. From Wordnik.com. [A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas] Reference
This was three under bogy for Kirkaldy, and one under for Wallace. From Wordnik.com. [John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life] Reference
He disliked these references to the Alaculof bogy in Elsie's presence. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain of the Kansas] Reference
Five is bogy and par for this hole, and sevens more common than fives. From Wordnik.com. [John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life] Reference
That he is a fable invented by the Inner Ring, a bogy to frighten us with. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Adversary] Reference
Media briefs and TV ratings: Beware the inflation bogy, Wayne does FM FAQ's. From Wordnik.com. [Crikey » Canberra Calling] Reference
'It means running the country as easy as a four-wheeled bogy on a down grade. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Tales] Reference
One or more politicos saught political milage in creating big scary bogy men. From Wordnik.com. [Schneier on Security] Reference
If she wishes to go, don't set an impossible bogy in the way of her enjoyment. From Wordnik.com. [Other Things Being Equal] Reference
And really Tom did not know; but the suspicious old bogy would not believe him. From Wordnik.com. [The Water-Babies] Reference
And really Tom did not know; but: the suspicious old bogy would not believe him. From Wordnik.com. [The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby] Reference
Are United's fiercest rivals & Northwest neighbors slowly becoming their bogy team?. From Wordnik.com. [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference
Wallace rimmed the cup for a two, and both made threes, one stroke better than bogy. From Wordnik.com. [John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life] Reference
In 1561 Spain was the bogy of English seaports, most of whose folk were Protestants. From Wordnik.com. [Days of the Discoverers] Reference
Only a few years ago, the American people could well treat with contempt the bogy of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Rural Life Problem of the United States Notes of an Irish Observer] Reference
It was quite possible, I told myself, that I had been making a bogy of my own imaginings. From Wordnik.com. [The Holladay Case A Tale] Reference
I reckon it out that he's a figurehead -- just a bogy name to frighten the children with. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Adversary] Reference
It war th 'same as when ye won a match with me by makin' th 'last three holes in less than bogy. From Wordnik.com. [John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life] Reference
Avenue from the rear of which it was rumoured a bogy would be likely to pursue and kidnap us. From Wordnik.com. [Greenwich Village] Reference
In answer wings sprouted from his bogy, his hands and feet turned into claws, and his body became scaly. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The next four holes were made in bogy by both players, leaving Kirkaldy two up on both medal and match scores. From Wordnik.com. [John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life] Reference
And I had nothing to eat, and I was so frightened -- for she said there was a bogy there -- that I nearly died. From Wordnik.com. [Sue, A Little Heroine] Reference
Oh, I can tell you bogy stories that 'll make your hair stand up straight; but this is the night for wee Jean.'. From Wordnik.com. [Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief] Reference
At last he stopped -- thump! and found himself tight in the legs of the most wonderful bogy which he had ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [The Water-Babies] Reference
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