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 Potage (Jean).Potato-bury (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Potato-bogle.
 
So the Scotch call a scarecrow. The head of these birdbogies being a big potato or a turnip.   1
 


 Potage (Jean).Potato-bury (A). 

 
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