booby hatch
Example Sentences
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And how much luggage was she able to bring with her to the booby hatch, as the matron calls it?
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2014
Because the news that overshadowed Uruguay's win—which advanced La Celeste at the expense of Gli Azzurri—is that Suárez got loose from the booby hatch again.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2014
Back in the days of the horse & buggy, a man who waved his arms while negotiating turns in the State of Maine wouldn't necessarily have been yanked off to the booby hatch.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You," she concludes, "are a booby, and I am going to have you put in the booby hatch."
From Time Magazine Archive
While Benson searched the pockets of the trio—finding no weapons, however—a man had secured a ball of spun yarn from the booby hatch and ran up the poop steps with it.
From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan
