BOGEY, BOGEYMAN, BOGIE, BOGY
NOUNS
1611 ► HAG a bogeyman; an object of terror → obs.
1637 ► RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a bogey used to frighten children; a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1724 ► BOLLY a bogey, a hobgoblin → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
19C.. ► RAW-HEAD a bogey used to frighten children → Eng. dial.
1856 ► BLACK BOGGLE a nursery bogy → Eng. dial.
1856 ► BLACK BOGY a nursery bogy → Eng. dial.
1892 ► WALLOPA-WILLIPUS → WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS a bogeyman; a fictitious animal → Amer. dial.
1894 ► OLD BILLY a boogeyman or hobgoblin
1904 ► SCRATTY a bogey or hobgoblin → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► BUGGER a bogie → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1921 ► WILLIPUS-WAMPUS a bogeyman; a fictitious animal → Amer. dial.
1969 ► OLD BILLY HELL a boogeyman or hobgoblin → Amer. dial.
Lexicophilia 