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Bogeymen

Bogeyman \Bo"gey*man\, n.; pl. Bogeymen. A goblin; a bugbear; a bogey[1]. This is the form used by parents to frighten children; as, if you don't eat your vegetables, the bogeyman will get you.

Syn: bogey.

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bogeymen

n. (plural of bogeyman English)

Usage examples of "bogeymen".

He tole us lots of stores abot people he jump out on and he said sins Miss is our teachr he think no bogeymen will be in our houses bcos one thing a bogey dos not like is Miss finding him.

It was tipped with silver (for werewolves), hung with garlic (for vampires) and wrapped around with a strip of blanket (for bogeymen).

And then she'd grown up and found out that the real fantasies weren't the Pale Rider or the Tooth Fairy or bogeymen - they were all solid facts.

Then they "might see that the bogeymen of the cultural left are not quite as terrifying as they thought," but "are human beings, too.