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Meaning of bullbeggar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Something used or suggested to produce terror; a bugbear.
    obsolete
  2. A kind of goblin.

Examples

“1691, William Mountfort, Greenwich-Park And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the froward children in the parish.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

bullberry bullbleep bullcook bullcorn bullcrap bullcrapper

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