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boggart
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boggart [ˈbɒgət]
n
Northern English dialect a ghost or poltergeist
[perhaps from bog, variant of bug2 + -ard]


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99 Thomas is the seventh son of a seventh son and is apprenticed to the Spook (an exorcist, not a ghost) to learn to get rid of ghosts, silence witches and ban boggarts she is strangely drawn to almost against her will, even though he seems to dislike her.
But he is writing his series which began with the publica-tion of The Spook's Apprentice - a lad apprenticed to a Spook, an exorcist - and learning to deal with ghosts, witches and boggarts.
If you are more of a dance fan, then watch out for a return visit from The Britannia Coconut Dancers along with Rumworth Morris of Bolton, Boggarts Breakfast and Urban Gypsies.
 
 
 
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