† to play the (very) buggane (with a person): to behave malevolently (towards a person); to play the devil. Cf. to play (the) puck with at puckn.1 1b. Obsolete.
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1839 G. C. LewisGloss. Words Herefordshire 16To play the bugan, to play the devil.
1868 R. W. HuntleyGloss. Cotswold (Gloucs.) Dial. Introd. 18 ‘Play the very Buggan with you’, is to spoil, to harrass; ‘Buggan’ meaning Satan or any evil spirit.