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boobyisms

boobyisms is the plural of boobyism.

Meaning of boobyism

Noun

boobyism (countable and uncountable, plural boobyisms)

  1. The quality of being a booby, foolishness.
    • Such are the written placards wafered up in the gentlemen’s dressing-room, or the green-room (where there is any), at a private theatre; and such are the sums extracted from the shop-till, or overcharged in the office expenditure, by the donkeys who are prevailed upon to pay for permission to...1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC...

Questions about boobyisms

What is boobyisms the plural of?
Boobyisms is the plural of boobyism.

Words near boobyisms in the dictionary

  1. boobyallas
  2. Boobyer
  3. boobying
  4. boobyish
  5. boobyism
  6. boobyisms
  7. boobytrap
  8. boobytrapped
  9. boobytrapping
  10. boobytraps
  11. booch

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