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tattie-bogle

British  
/ ˌtætɪˈboɡəl /

noun

  1. a scarecrow

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tattie-bogle

tattie + bogle 1

Example Sentences

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Heart of my heart, and so prove aught of awe That darkens on your path; the buckram rogue'll Stand, when you face him, but a ghost of straw— A Tattie-Bogle!

From Project Gutenberg

And there's you and me by this roadside, and me no more use than a tattie-bogle....

From Project Gutenberg

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