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booby prizes

booby prizes is the plural of booby prize.

Meaning of booby prize

Noun

booby prize (plural booby prizes)

  1. (idiomatic) A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.
    • At the end of the conference, they awarded him with a rubber chicken as a booby prize for complaining the loudest.

Questions about booby prizes

What is booby prizes the plural of?
Booby prizes is the plural of booby prize.

Words near booby prizes in the dictionary

  1. booby hutch
  2. booby hutches
  3. booby huts
  4. Booby Island
  5. booby prize
  6. booby prizes
  7. booby trap
  8. booby traps
  9. booby-hatch
  10. booby-hatches
  11. booby-trap

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