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Definition of Bargest
1. a doglike goblin [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bargest
Literary usage of Bargest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"One who has the power of foretelling the demise of others. One who makes an
unearthly- din. Shut up, thoo gurt bargest, thoo! Lai 'uns 'at's. aboot ther ..."
2. Yorkshire Legends and Traditions as Told by Her Ancient Chroniclers, Her by Thomas Parkinson (1888)
"Then I heerd again this brush, brush, brush wi' t' chains ; for, yo' see, when
I stuid still it stopp'd ; an' then, thowt I, this mun be a bargest, ..."
3. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1900)
"... known in Yorkshire as the bargest. In Kent's •* Table Book " there is a ...
had with the bargest some generations ago. A more profitable employment than ..."
4. A Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1900)
"... quoted by local chroniclers, springs from an adventure which some person known
as the Troller, or Trowler, had with the bargest some generations ago. ..."
5. Yorkshire County Magazine by Joseph Horsfall Turner (1892)
"The dog you saw was bargest; you may perhaps have heard of him.' "'I have frequently
heard tales of bargest, but I never credited them. ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"... N. bargest [baa--ge'st], W., a hobgoblin that predicts death in a family by
howling round the house during tho night. Bahn-deer savidge [baan-di-h' ..."
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