Scare-bug
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scare-bug is a noun meaning Alternative form of scarebug.
Meaning
Alternative form of scarebug.
Example Sentences
Thus this godly martyr derided long since this Popish scare-bug of purgatory fire, making it inferior to the Bishop's prison.
There were countless stories over the years about how she would scream at the least little scare-bugs, someone saying boo, fake puke or someone just walking up behind her—and scream.
Bitten by the Bolsheviki scare-bug, the country at large seems to have gone mad, but in proposing to convert the Bolsheviki by teaching them English, whether they will or no, Senator Kenyon has plumbed a depth of fatuity almost incredible.
Word Forms
- scare-bugs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include boggleboe, bug-bear, bugaboo, cuddlebug, boogerman, boogyman.
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