Frayboggard

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A scarecrow. obsolete

    "For like as a frayboggarde in a garden off Cucumbers kepeth nothinge, euen ſo are their goddes of wod, of ſyluer ⁊ golde:"

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scarecrowscarecrow

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"For like as a frayboggarde in a garden off Cucumbers kepeth nothinge, euen ſo are their goddes of wod, of ſyluer ⁊ golde:"

Etymology

From fray (“fear, terror”) + boggard (“bugbear, ghost, goblin”).

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