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booby hatch

booby hatch is the alternative form 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.

Forms of booby hatch

pluralbooby hatches

Questions about booby hatch

What is booby hatch the alternative form of?
Booby hatch is the alternative form of booby-hatch.

Words near booby hatch in the dictionary

  1. boobtacular
  2. boobtastic
  3. boobular
  4. Boobus Americanus
  5. booby
  6. booby hatch
  7. booby hatches
  8. booby house
  9. booby houses
  10. booby hut
  11. booby hutch

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