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booby hutch

booby hutch noun: a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England.

Noun

booby hutch (plural booby hutches)

  1. (historical) A clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England.
    • There is something humiliating in the idea of getting into a one-horse booby hutch.1888, Robert Smith Surtees, Hillingdon Hall: Or, The Cockney Squire : a Tale of Country Life

Forms of booby hutch

pluralbooby hutches

Questions about booby hutch

What does booby hutch mean?
Booby hutch means a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England.
What part of speech is booby hutch?
Booby hutch is a noun.
What is the plural of booby hutch?
The plural of booby hutch is booby hutches.

Words near booby hutch in the dictionary

  1. booby hatch
  2. booby hatches
  3. booby house
  4. booby houses
  5. booby hut
  6. booby hutch
  7. booby hutches
  8. booby huts
  9. Booby Island
  10. booby prize
  11. booby prizes

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