单词 | boogerman |
释义 | > as lemmasboogerman boogerman n. U.S. regional an imaginary evil spirit or being, esp. as invoked to frighten children; = bogy-man at bogy n.1 Compounds. ΚΠ 1847 Portland Advertiser in Littell's Living Age 27 Nov. 413/1 They had heard him scream ‘the booger man has got me,’ but thought nothing of it. 1937 Z. N. Hurston Their Eyes were watching God xiv. 198 De boogerman liable tuh tote yuh off whilst Ah'm gone. 1999 M. H. Wright Sounds like Home iii. 38 Then I shot past them, running as though the boogerman was after me. < as lemmas |
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