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The word "booby" may be an extension of the Spanish term bobo or bubie meaning dunce, or it may refer to seabirds (boobies) that are clumsy on land. In either case the term "booby trap" would indicate that it is intended to affect someone who is either foolish, unwary, or ill-prepared.
The earliest "booby traps" were simple pranks and tricks. Only later was the term applied to deadly improvisations during wartime, such as pits, snares, trip wires, or explosive traps.
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How do you spell booby?
Boobies.
What are boobies?
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Is booby hatch an idiom?
No it s slang. Idioms are phrases whose meaning you cannot figure out by context. If someone said you were crazy enough to belong in the booby hatch, you could figure out that it meant an insane asylum. Boobies are birds that are supposed to be very dumb.
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What is a booby trap?
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For your locker, just make the office booby trap and tie it to your locker door, and when someone opens it they will be shot with what you loaded it with. to find the office booby trap type in Office official booby trap on "Instructables" Just take what supplies you need for that day and forget about booby traps, otherwise, booby traps can get you trapped in jail!
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it was a booby trap.
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What are the release dates for Justice - 1954 Booby Trap 3-3?
Justice - 1954 Booby Trap 3-3 was released on: USA: 23 October 1955
What are the ratings and certificates for Giuliana and Bill - 2009 The Booby Trap 5-2?
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