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- what kind of booby goes out into the snow barefoot?
Synonyms for booby
- berk
- [British],
- charlie
- (also charley)
- [British],
- cuckoo,
- ding-a-ling,
- ding-dong,
- dingbat,
- dipstick,
- doofus
- [slang],
- featherhead,
- fool,
- git
- [British],
- goose,
- half-wit,
- jackass,
- lunatic,
- mooncalf,
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- ninnyhammer,
- nit
- [chiefly British],
- nitwit,
- nut,
- nutcase,
- simp,
- simpleton,
- turkey,
- yo-yo
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The first known use of booby was circa 1600
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