† ˈbuggard, buggart Obs. or dial.
[a variant of boggard, the form of which suggests formation from bugge, bug n.1 (Still used in Cheshire.)]
A boggard, a bogy.
| 1575 Hist. Troubles Frankfort (1642) 136 They two..may not be..such buggards to the poore if they may not beare the bagge alone. 1865 M. R. Lahee Betty o' Yeps 6 Railway styemers scroikin away through th' country, enew to flay a buggart eawt o'th' greawnd. |