Obs. or dial. [dim. of BOLL sb.3] A bogy, hobgoblin. Also Bolleroy.
1724. Trial E. Arnold, in Howell’s State Trials (1812), XVI. 737. (A Witness) … He came … raving at the bollies and bolleroys … and said, The bollies plagued him. Ibid., 762. (Mr. Justice Tracy) ‘He asked … whether they were plagued with the bollies and bugs, as formerly?’
