Bogey
['bəʊgɪ] or ['bogi]
Definition
(noun.) an evil spirit.
(noun.) (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole.
(verb.) to shoot in one stroke over par.
Checker: Sinclair--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.
Typed by Aileen
Examples
- Almost every attempt to mitigate the hardships of industrialism has had to deal with the bogey of liberty. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You've seen that she's just an old bogey like all the others. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The bogey of the saloon had presented itself early: it was very clear that an affirmative position by the candidate was sure to alienate either the temperance or the liquor vote. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And now the reddleman has in his turn followed Buonaparte to the land of worn-out bogeys, and his place is filled by modern inventions. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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