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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bugaboo \Bug`a*boo"\, Bugbear \Bug"bear`\, n. [See {Bug}.]
Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that
causes needless fright; something used to excite needless
fear; also something really dangerous, used to frighten
children, etc ``Bugaboos to fright ye.'' --Lloyd.
But to the world no bugbear is so great As want of
figure and a small estate. --Pope.
The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. --S. B.
Griffin.
The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. --J.
Burroughs
Syn: Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bugaboo
n 1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn: {bogeyman},
{bugbear}, {boogeyman}, {booger}]
2: a source of concern; "the old bugaboo of inflation still
bothers them"
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