Shag-boy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shag-boy is a noun meaning (Lincolnshire) A ghost or goblin.
Meaning
(Lincolnshire) A ghost or goblin.
Example Sentences
Ghosts, bogies, and the supernatural generally have utterly vanished from this commonplace district before schools and newspapers. Even an old lady more than ninety years old said to us, "Fairies and shag-boys! lasses are often skeart at them, but I never saw none, though I have passed many a time after dark a most terrible spot for them on the road at Thorpe."
Word Forms
- shag-boys
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shag, shitgoblin, spook, boggard, boodie, bogie.
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