Dictionary entry

Bogy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bo″gy (�), n.; pl.Bogies (�). [See Bogle.] A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. “Death's heads and bogies.” J. H. Newman. [Written also bogey.]

There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages.

C. Kingsley.