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boob tubes

boob tubes is the plural of boob tube.

Meaning of boob tube

Noun

boob tube (plural boob tubes)

  1. (dated, derogatory, informal) A television.
    • Pictured on boob-tubes innumerable, babbled on travelling transistors Australia-wide.1970, Barry Oakley, chapter XLI, in A Salute to the Great McCarthy, Penguin Books Australia, published 1971, page 187
  2. (informal) A type of woman's upper body garment consisting of a taut band of cloth around the breasts and back.
    • A midget prostitute in heels and a boob tube was walking on the bar.2005, Paul Carter, chapter VII, in Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 92
    Synonyms:
    tube top

Questions about boob tubes

What is boob tubes the plural of?
Boob tubes is the plural of boob tube.

Words near boob tubes in the dictionary

  1. boob milk
  2. boob reduction
  3. boob reductions
  4. boob sock
  5. boob tube
  6. boob tubes
  7. boob up
  8. boob window
  9. boob windows
  10. boob-sling
  11. boob-slings

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