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单词 boobhead
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Definition of boobhead in English:

boobhead

nounˈbuːbhɛd
Australian, NZ informal
  • A prisoner, especially one who has served many terms.

    this boobhead had notched up a few receiving charges
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even the dumbest boobhead will tell you it's true—when modern man dumps his self-respect, there's nothing you won't be able to push on to him in the end.
    • The boobhead is an influential, experienced prisoner, while the boob rat is his antithesis, often a recidivist.
    • We were on indefinite sentence, and every boobhead knows what that means.
    • When you disagreed, you were 'transferred' to a jail, in which you were treated exactly as if you were a hard-labour boobhead.
    • Of course, when it comes to smuggling things in, the boobhead always has the advantage over the screw.
    • Judgement is only relative, and if you want to prove that, take a trip through the New Zealand prison system as a boobhead.
    • The boobhead parades for work, hostile, not at attention, not at ease.
    • Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow of the boobhead's innate, unconquerable, stubborn, unending resistance to all forms of military discipline.
    • You—if you are a conscientious objector—can walk inside those outer walls if you want to, and if you happen to know a boobhead inside.
    • You're a boobhead same as the rest, and for the same reason—you couldn't get on with society.

Origin

1940s: from boob1 + -head2.

 
 
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