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- noun Alternative spelling of
boggard .
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Examples
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* Dumbledore's boggart is the corpse of his sister.
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He read, Kin to a brownie, a boggart is a house spirit of no malice but of endless mischief.
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This imp was called a boggart in the old times, now we call such by other names -- ill-temper, meanness, uncharitableness, and the like.
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A boggart is a small imp that lives in a man's house, unseen by any one, doing a little good and much harm.
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Basic premise of the short story was: girl tracks down demon who framed her boggart father of murder.
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You can find more about Clegg Hall, its history and its boggart in this article.
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Lurved Snape the boggart, and will be singin this fer dayz.
fo last time - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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I got to "eyeliner-bogarting boggart" and promptly keeled over.
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"Who sent yonder child-for that's what he is, inside that black skin-to his death, ye red boggart?"
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And even amongst those rare people alive today who can sense the existence of the last Old Things, scarcely one could have told you that there was a boggart alive and well — and sleeping — under the dark cold waters of Loch Ness.
yarb commented on the word boggart
A sort of goblin creature, I think. Looking at the lists this word appears in, it seems that boggarts feature in the Harry Potter novels.
January 15, 2008
sionnach commented on the word boggart
yarb makes an understandable error, but what this term really refers to is peat sculpture
boggart
January 15, 2008
reesetee commented on the word boggart
Cut it out, sionnach. I've exceeded my daily allowance of laughing my ass off.
January 15, 2008
sionnach commented on the word boggart
The *last* thing you want to do is encourage me. Tee-hee.
January 15, 2008
mollusque commented on the word boggart
Okay then, I'll encourage you: Sorry I was snarky on Quiz Time 4. I hope you'll run more quizzes; they were fun (until I blew a gasket from too much unrequited slanticular thinking).
January 15, 2008
sionnach commented on the word boggart
Thanks, mollusque - no worries about quiz number 4, which was probably a little too long and obscure in places. I hope to have a quiz 5 in the not-too-distant future.
January 15, 2008
reesetee commented on the word boggart
Slanticular? Excellent.
January 15, 2008
honeycomb commented on the word boggart
A member of the fairy tribe similar to a hob, hobthrust, hobgoblin or brownie. They tend to inhabit isolated farmhouses in Northern England, and have done since Tyme Immemorial. Of a helpful nature, they'll do all kinds of housework, but are inclined to play pranks if not given their customary bowl of milk. Nowadays, their misbehaviour is ascribed to poltergeists. If offered clothes they will leave for good.
April 6, 2009
sionnach commented on the word boggart
Does this mean that the irritating Dobby was a boggart?
April 7, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word boggart
A specter. To take boggart, said of a horse that starts at any object in the hedge or road. - an old provincial term from the north of England.
May 2, 2011