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单词 boondie
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Definition of boondie in English:

boondie

nounˈbuːndi
Australian
  • A stone.

    loose boondies shifted under the wide-tyred wheels
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Growing up in the bush, we threw boondies at all sorts of targets.
    • There were always kids up one end of the street throwing boondies or chasing someone's dog.
    • Any bird of prey that happened to fly over one's urban air space copped a barrage of sticks and boondies.
    • Hey, look at all the boondies in this pile—let's hide behind it and throw 'em at your sister!
    • A small sheet of steel mesh offered some small measure of protection from the thousands of tonnes of boondies.
    • Sometimes they clustered so thickly on the stocks that by hurling boondies we could knock them down and take them home to be made into pie.
    • See that bastard, practising grenade-throwing with bits of boondies—I done that many a time!
    • We flung boondies at each other in the vacant lots of new developments.
    • Grandpa's always chucking boondies at Grandma's grave.
    • There was a yard full of boondies, just perfect for throwing.
    Synonyms
    rock, pebble, boulder

Origin

1930s: origin unknown; perhaps from a Western Australian Aboriginal language.

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