Vocabulary Word
Word: bugaboo
Definition: bugbear; object of baseless terror
Definition: bugbear; object of baseless terror
Sentences Containing 'bugaboo'
Describe him, in order that, if we meet him by chance, like Bugaboo John or Lara, we may recognize him.''
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