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boggart [ˈbɒgət] n Northern English dialect a ghost or poltergeist [perhaps from bog, variant of bug2 + -ard] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The only test on which she does less than excellent is the practical Defense Against the Dark Arts exam when she panicked, unable to dispel the boggart who took the shape of Professor McGonagall telling her she failed all her exams (Prisoner 319). When the boggart had got up to its tricks, [the priest had] tried to deal with it himself by using the priest's tools: bell, book, and candle. Following the acclaimed first volume of The Last Apprentice, Revenge of the Witch, this second book in the series finds apprentice Tom Ward binding his first boggart. |
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