boonies
Example Sentences
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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
After losing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete in nationals, they're left to fend for themselves in the forested boonies of Canada.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 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
“I was looking in on another guy when I saw you sleeping and thought I recognized you. You been out in the boonies much?”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.