- bullbeggar
- bull·beg·gar
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bullbeggar
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Bullbeggar — Bull beg gar, n. Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear. [1913 Webster] And being an ill looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the forward… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bullbeggar — In North Country and West Country dialects, a term for any frightening supernatural figure. In Reginald *Scot s The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), it comes at the head of a mixed list of scary creatures: Our mothers maids have so fraied us… … A Dictionary of English folklore
bullbeggar — ˈbu̇lˌbegə(r) noun Etymology: perhaps blend of obsolete English bullbear (alteration of bugbear) + beggar, by folk etymology from boggard, boggart dialect Britain : goblin, bugbear … Useful english dictionary
