booby : Idioms & Phrases

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Booby hatch

  • noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
    crazy house; cuckoo's nest; Bedlam; snake pit; loony bin; madhouse; nuthouse; funny farm; sanatorium; nut house; funny house.
WordNet
  • (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable. Colloq. An insane asylum.
Webster 1913

Booby hut

  • a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. Local, U. S. Bartlett.
Webster 1913

Booby hutch

  • a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England. Forby.
Webster 1913

booby prize

  • noun a prize given to one who finishes last in a contest
WordNet

Booby trap

  • noun an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over
    ground-emplaced mine; land mine.
  • noun an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
    pitfall.
WordNet
  • a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath when a door is opened.
Webster 1913