boobies

Noun (1)

booby (plural boobies)

1. A stupid person.
   • A Frenchman, in his own Country, would dress a fine Dinner of twenty Dishes, and all genteel and pretty, for the Expence he will put an English Lord to for dressing one Dish. But then there is the little petty Profit. [...] So much is the blind Folly of this Age, that they would rather be impos'd...1747, Hannah Glasse, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, page iii

   Synonyms:

   alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead

2. Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
   • At which time, ſome Boobyes, weary of flight, made our Ship their pearch, an animall ſo ſimple as ſuffers any to take her without feare, as if a ſtupid ſenſe made her careleſſe of danger...1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
3. In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.
   • A booby may displace another booby or a bridged ball by roquet, ricochet, or concussion.1863, Mayne Reid, Croquet, London: C.J. Skeet, page 33

Noun (2)

booby (plural boobies)

1. (childish, colloquial) A breast.
   • At ten o’clock she was lying on the divan with her boobies in her hands.1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Grove Press, published 1961

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