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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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. On the last occasion when the great Russian bugbear provoked a division, he voted submissively with his Conservative allies. 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. |
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