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Boffin

noun
1.
(British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research.





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"Boffin" Quotes from Famous Books



... down, Steele. I take it for granted that you will help me—if you can. First I suppose I ought to confess that my name is not Boffin, but McGill—Dudley McGill, professor of neurology ...
— Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police • James Oliver Curwood


Words linked to "Boffin" :   patois, argot, slang, investigator, Britain, UK, research worker, researcher, Great Britain, vernacular, U.K., lingo, jargon, United Kingdom, cant, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


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