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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a booby" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts referring to a foolish or silly person, or in a more literal sense, referring to a type of bird.
Example: "He acted like a booby when he forgot the meeting was scheduled for today."
Alternatives: "a fool" or "a simpleton".
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Or was it a booby prize?
"What Chávez offered was a booby trap".
But a booby prize goes to Birdsong too.
But the vote did turn out to be a booby trap for her.
The soldier in front of me tripped on a booby trap, which exploded.
It was a booby trap -- a well-known one, it turned out.
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A booby-trap?" But they made their escape.
A booby-trapped cave underneath a [high school]?" tweeted @gjmode.
He said the deaths were caused by a booby-trapped bomb.
On August 4th a booby-trap bomb was found under a soldier's car in Bangor.
Israeli officers said that after thirteen soldiers died in a booby-trapped building their attack intensified.
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