Ma'anar ƙamus na "bugbear" yana haifar da dawwama cikin bacin rai ko damuwa, matsala mai tsayi ko wahala, ko wata halitta ta haƙiƙa da ake amfani da ita don tsoratar da yara.
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.
