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booby-hatches

booby-hatches is the plural of booby-hatch.

Meaning of booby-hatch

Noun

booby-hatch (plural booby-hatches)

  1. A small hatchway in the deck of a ship.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A lunatic asylum, workhouse, or similar institution.

Questions about booby-hatches

What is booby-hatches the plural of?
Booby-hatches is the plural of booby-hatch.

Words near booby-hatches in the dictionary

  1. booby prize
  2. booby prizes
  3. booby trap
  4. booby traps
  5. booby-hatch
  6. booby-hatches
  7. booby-trap
  8. booby-trapped
  9. booby-trapping
  10. booby-traps
  11. boobyalla

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