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  1. 1. n. Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear. Source: opted
  2. 2. Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear. And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the forward children in the parish. Mountfort (1691). Source: webster
  3. 3. Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in childrenor persons of weak mind; a bugbear.And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the churchwardens for being bullbeggar to all the forward children in theparish. Mountfort (1691). Source: adambom

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