2. Verb. (third-person singular of bogey) ¹
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Definition of Bogeys
1. bogey [v] - See also: bogey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bogeys
Literary usage of Bogeys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1875)
"THE bogeys OF THE DAY. THERE was a time when Wisdom cried aloud in the streets,
and no man regarded her. It may be but a foolish fancy of mine, ..."
2. Latin-American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1920)
"GODS, GHOSTS, AND bogeys What are the native beliefs of the wild tribes of South
America about gods, and what is their natural religion? ..."
3. Reminiscences of a Diplomatist's Wife: Further Reminiscences of a by Hugh Fraser (1912)
"... the Brigadier—An Epidemic of bogeys—Uncle Sam's Last Journey — General de
Sonnaz — Admiral Caracciolo — Where Nelson Was not Great — The Dead Admiral ..."
4. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1920)
"GODS, GHOSTS, AND bogeys What are the native beliefs of the wild tribes of South
America about gods, and what is their natural religion ? ..."
5. Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling: Illustrated by Numerous Incantations by Charles Godfrey Leland (1891)
"bogeys AND HUMBUGS. FIE witches in Slavonian gipsy - lore have now and then
parties which meet to spin, always by full moon- ^. light on a cross-road. ..."
6. Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest by Walter Lippmann (1914)
"... is the white slave legend; he is Mr. Taft contemplating the recall of judges.
I know how bogeys are made. I was a child of four during the panic of '98, ..."
7. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Libraryby British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum (1906)
"18. COPELAN-D (WC) The Empire's greatest danger : or the dream of Jesuitism, pp.
64. JESUITS.—Controversy, etc. GERARD (J.) bogeys and scarecrows, pp. 32. ..."
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