What is "bogyman"

Usage examples of "bogyman".

I went into orders they were saying the existence of the Cosa Nostra was a myth, like the bogyman.

Ken Norton as the Bogyman, and one last king-hell payday for everybody.

Michael Wines, "Hiss Case's Bogymen Are Still Not at Rest," New York Times, December 13, 1992.

Michael Wines, "Hiss Case's Bogymen Are Still Not at Rest," New York Times, December 13, 1992 ("Recent revelations about Stalin's purges and other Soviet deeds now seem to have confirmed much of [Whittaker Chambers's contention that Communism was "the focus of concentrated evil.

Michael Wines, "Hiss Case's Bogymen Are Still Not at Rest," New York Times, December 13, 1992.

Madman Weyland sees bogymen in every corner--while crops grow, animals thrive and tame earthworms enrich the soil with their bodies and their wastes.