bogglebo

English

Noun

bogglebo (plural boggleboes)

1. (UK, obsolete) A bugbear (imaginary fearsome creature).
2. (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.

Alternative forms

• boggleboe