Bo"gey (&?;), n.

A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.

 

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Bo"gey (?), n.; pl. Bogeys (#). [Also bogie.]

1.

A goblin; a bugbear.

I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill- joy.
Wm. Black.

2. (Golf)

A given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey.

 

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