BUGBEAR
NOUNS
1000 — PUCKLE a kind of bugbear → obs.
1500 — COW a hobgoblin; a scarecrow, a bugbear → Sc.
1548 — TERRICULAMENT a bugbear; a source or object of dread or terror, especially of needless dread → obs.
1598 — TURK a hideous image to frighten children; a bugbear → obs.
1611 — MOCK-BEGGAR a bugbear, a scarecrow, or an object of groundless terror → obs.
1637 — RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a nursery bugbear; a hobgoblin; a bogey used to frighten children → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1744 — TOM PO a nursery bugbear, a bogy → obs.
1790 — CADDY a bugbear; a ghost → Eng. dial. obs.
1825 — TOM POKER a nursery bugbear, a bogy
1899 — SCARE-BOGGART a bugbear; a bogey → Eng. dial.
..20C — BABU an imaginary figure, ugly and old, conjured up to frighten children → W. Indies sl.
1911 — BLACK-BOO a nursery bogey → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BLACKMAN a nursery bogey → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOCKIE — BOKIE a bugbear, a bogie, a hobgoblin → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BO-COW a bugbear, a bogie, a hobgoblin → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOGGART a bugbear, a bogie, a hobgoblin → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOO a bugbear; an object of dread → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOODIE-BO a bugbear; an object of dread → Sc. (Bk.)
1934 — OLD RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a nursery bugbear; a spectre, a hobgoblin → Amer. dial.
1939 — BUGGERY BOO a bugbear; the bogie-man, a hobgoblin → Amer. dial.
1954 — DICKETY-BOO a bugbear; a ghost → Amer. dial.
1966 — RAW-HEELS AND BLOODYBONES a nursery bugbear; a spectre, a hobgoblin → Amer. dial.
1966 — RED MAN a nursery bugbear; a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave → Amer. dial.
1966 — REDEYE a nursery bugbear; a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave → Amer. dial.
1966 — REDEYE AND BLOODYBONES a nursery bugbear; a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave → Amer. dial.
1966 — REDHEAD-BLOODYBONES a nursery bugbear; a spectre, a hobgoblin → Amer. dial.
1981 — BUGABOO some imaginary thing that causes fear or worry; a bugbear → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
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