Ang kahulugan ng diksyunaryo ng "bugbear" ay isang sanhi ng patuloy na pagkayamot o pagkabalisa, isang patuloy na problema o kahirapan, o isang haka-haka na nilalang na ginamit upang takutin ang mga bata.
Visit the gaols, the slaughter-houses, and the market-places for the presence of the governor is of great importance in such places it comforts the prisoners who are in hopes of a speedy release, it is the bugbear of the butchers who have then to give just weight, and it is the terror of the market-women for the same reason.
