boogerbear

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Joan H. Hall <jdhall at wisc.edu> wrote:
> DARE labels this as "chiefly South, South Midland."

In the meaning, "a yewgly chick"?

Or in the meaning, "another name for the boogerman"?

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