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booby - use in sentences
Possessives
- prise: I was taught to play whist at The Memorial Hall Whist Drives, graduating from 'the booby ' prize to the occasional chicken dinner.
Converse of object
- nest: We soon reached an area along the coast with nesting boobies.
- trap: We couldn't use the German trenches in case they were booby trapped.
- foot: Apart from the duck and her two ducklings there is also a kangaroo and then a blue footed booby.
- include: There are ten different ones to collect ( Including one booby trapped prize that disables you rather than the enemy!
- have: If having a blue-footed booby bouncing around your feet isn't close enough to nature for you, try the spectacular diving and snorkeling.
Adjective modifier
- blue-footed: A female blue-footed booby sat on a rock, flanked by two males feverishly courting her.
- brown: Here I saw sea lions, pelicans, flamingo and a strange bird called the brown booby.
Modifies a noun
- traps: Will some step on mines, fall for booby traps or become snipers ' prey in their haste?
- trap: Saturday 13 June 1981 A booby trap bomb was planted on a car being used by Lord Gardiner during a visit to Belfast.
- prise: The Golden Bulls are the booby prize category at Plain English Campaign's annual awards ceremony.
- bomb: Saturday 13 June 1981 A booby trap bomb was planted on a car being used by Lord Gardiner during a visit to Belfast.
- tube: Booby Tubes ( £ 17.95 ) are pack that can be microwaved or frozen to deliver a hot or cold compress for sore breasts.
- colony: On Raso, walk to the booby colony and the lark area in fine, sunny weather.
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