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bugbear

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bugbear
(in English folklore) a goblin said to eat naughty children and thought to be in the form of a bear


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thought I, and we walked away, both commenting, after each other's fashion, upon this ragged old sailor; and agreed that he was nothing but a humbug, trying to be a bugbear.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
On the last occasion when the great Russian bugbear provoked a division, he voted submissively with his Conservative allies.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
He was expecting to be a sort of hero--the creator of a wild panic--and here everybody sat and smiled a mocking smile, and an old woman made fun of his bugbear.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
 
 
 
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