What is the meaning of Bogey?

  • (n.) A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.
  • (n.) A goblin; a bugbear.
  • (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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