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Booby

noun

(pl. boobies)

An ignorant or foolish person. Synonyms: boob, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead.

Small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both.

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"Booby" Quotes from Famous Books

... When you read the story of the Archbishop and Gil Blas, you may laugh, if you will, at the poor old man's delusion; but don't forget that the youth was the greater fool of the two, and that his master served such a booby rightly in turning him ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

... in the same low tone. "That's the bogle-booby breathing. He's asleep now, but when he wakes he'll roll about so that he'll fill ...

— Menhardoc • George Manville Fenn

... apartment is a collection of paintings by Portuguese artists, chiefly portraits, amongst which is that of Don Sebastian. I sincerely hope it did not do him justice, for it represents him in the shape of an awkward lad of about eighteen, with a bloated booby face with staring eyes, and a ruff round a short ...

— The Bible in Spain • George Borrow

... The death of Sir Thomas Booby, with the affectionate and mournful behaviour of his widow, and the ...

— Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 • Henry Fielding

... here, sir," he said. "Something to tell you. Wouldn't tell me. But Bruno got it out of him at last. Must be something serious, for the big booby has been drinking ever since. Hear him in the cafe, ...

— The Eternal City • Hall Caine

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