Booby
A spiritless fool, who suffers himself to be imposed upon. In
England the Solan goose is called a booby or noddy. (Spanish, bobo;
German, bube.)
A booby will never make a hawk.
The bird called the booby, that allows itself to be fleeced by
other birds, will never become a bird of prey itself.
Booby
(Lady). A caricature on Richardson's Pamela. A
vulgar upstart, who tries to seduce Joseph Andrews. (Fielding: Joseph Andrews.)
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