English Dictionary: Bogeys | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. {Bogeys}. [Also {bogie}.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear. I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm. Black. 2. (Golf) A given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. |