bogeyman's Usage Examples:

son by a man, in some versions, a disgruntled mason, in others, a devil, bogeyman or a motiveless villain.

bodaich "old man; rustic, churl, lout"; Old Irish botach) is a trickster or bogeyman figure in Gaelic folklore and mythology.

In Scottish and Northern English folklore, a shellycoat is a type of bogeyman that haunts rivers and streams.

Other names of this group include bug, bugbear, bogey, bogun, bogeyman, bogle, etc.

Coco commonly refers to: Coco (folklore), a mythical bogeyman in many Hispano- and Lusophone nations It may also refer to: Coco (given name), a first name.

She is regarded as a bogeyman figure who is invoked by parents to frighten children into proper behavior.

The "Curse of the Colonel" has also been used as a bogeyman threat to those who would divulge the secret recipe of eleven herbs and.

Bloody Bones is a bogeyman figure feared by children and is sometimes called Rawhead, Tommy Rawhead, or Rawhead-and-Bloody-Bones.

Moonshiners who warned that the bogeyman lurked in the forest in order to deter visitors caused the name Boogertown.

Synonyms:

monster; bugbear; booger; boogeyman; bugaboo;