n.; pl. Bogeymen /plu>. A goblin; a bugbear; a bogey{ 1 }. This is the form used by parents to frighten children; as, if you don't eat your vegetables, the bogeyman will get you. Syn. -- bogey. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
{ } n. Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, or an imaginary monster, used to frighten children, etc. “Go to sleep or the Boogeyman will get you.” Syn. -- Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow; booger; bugaboo; bugbear. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
n.; pl.Journeymen1. Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has finished an apprenticeship and is a competent worker in a handicraft or trade, but has not received recognition as a master; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2.Hence: A competent and experienced worker who performs adequately but without a high level of expertise or imagination. [ PJC ]
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