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boondoggler
boon·dog·gle B0394500 (bo͞on′dô′gəl, -dŏg′əl) Informal n.1. An unnecessary or wasteful project or activity.2. a. A braided leather cord worn as a decoration especially by Boy Scouts.b. A cord of braided leather, fabric, or plastic strips made by a child as a project to keep busy.intr.v. boon·dog·gled, boon·dog·gling, boon·dog·gles To waste time or money on a boondoggle.
[Coined before 1929 by Robert H. Link, American Eagle Scout, as a name for a braided leather decoration, perhaps on the model of earlier woggle, Boy Scout's braided leather neckerchief fastener in the shape of a Turk's-head, or toggle. Sense 1, from a public controversy that emerged in 1935 after New Deal funds were used to provide instruction for the unemployed in handicrafts such as leather braiding.]
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