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bullbeggar

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Something used or suggested to produce terror; a bugbear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1691, William Mountfort, Greenwich-Park And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the froward children in the parish.

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noun

Meaning 2

A kind of goblin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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