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 Bo·gey n.; pl. Bogeys . [Also bogie and bogy, plural bogies.]
 1.  A goblin; a bugbear.
 Syn: -- bogeyman.
    I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy.    --Wm. Black.
 2.  Golf a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey.  Now the standard score is called par.
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 Bo·gy n.; pl. Bogies   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.
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