"Excuse me," he retorted, "I haven't made a bugbear of this."
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
But you make such a bugbear of the least little matter that there's no encouragement to tell you anything.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
Gage and Peckover looked politely tolerant, while Quorn regarded his bugbear now for the first time at close quarters, with an attention bordering on fright.
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay