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From fray (“fear, terror”) + boggard (“bugbear, ghost, goblin”).
First known use, by meaning
- from c. 1530s A scarecrow.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
frayboggard
Today it means: A scarecrow. Full definition →
First used c. 1530s
Today it means: A scarecrow. Full definition →
From fray (“fear, terror”) + boggard (“bugbear, ghost, goblin”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.