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boonies

[boo-neez] / ˈbu niz /










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She said the nearby Cedarpines Park community “is a big elderly community. They live in the boonies, and nobody’s gone there yet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Nam: It was a massive compound way out in the boonies!

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2021

It is Melbourne Park’s version of the boonies.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2021

In contrast, New York and other older Eastern cities were already overflowing, and courses had to be built in the boonies.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 17, 2020

Compared with the boonies it was cushy duty.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien




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