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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Booby \Boo"by\ (b[=oo]"b[y^]), n.; pl. {Boobies} (-b[i^]z). [Sp.
     bobo dunce, idiot; cf. L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A dunce; a stupid fellow.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) A swimming bird ({Sula fiber} or {Sula sula}) related
            to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies,
            nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account
            of its apparent stupidity -- unafraid of men, it
            allows itself to be caught by a simple and undisguised
            approach. The name is also sometimes applied to other
            species of gannets; as, {Sula piscator}, the
            {red-footed booby}; and {Sula nebouxii}, the
            {blue-footed booby}.
        (b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.
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     {Booby hatch}
        (a) (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily
            removable.
        (b), an insane asylum. [Colloq.]
  
     {Booby hut}, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local,
        U. S.] --Bartlett.
  
     {Booby hutch}, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the
        eastern part of England. --Forby.
  
     {Booby prize}, an award for the poorest performance in a
        competition; hence, metaphorically, the recognition of a
        strikingly inferior or incompetent performance.
  
     {Booby trap}
        (a), a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath when a
            door is opened.
        (b), any concealed device causing surprise or injury when
            a usually harmless object is touched; -- in military
            operations, typically containing an explosive charge.
            [1913 Webster +PJC]

















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