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BOONER
Etymology 1
Noun
booner (plural booners)
(Australia, chiefly, Canberra, slang) A person who takes particular pride in their car and enjoys showing it off.
(Australia, slang, derogatory) A bogan.
Synonyms
• (car-proud person): hoon, petrolhead
Etymology 2
From the Boone and Crockett Club.
Noun
booner (plural booners)
(US) A trophy size big game animal, as measured by the Boone and Crockett ranking criteria.
Anagrams
• Borneo, Oberon
Source: Wiktionary
BOON
Boon, n. Etym: [OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel. b; akin to Sw. & Dan. b, AS. b, and perh. to E. ban; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus. Ban, Bounty.]
1. A prayer or petition. [Obs.] For which to God he made so many an idle boon. Spenser.
2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).
Boon, a. Etym: [F. bon. See Boon, n.]
1. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [Obs.]
2. Kind; bountiful; benign. Which . . . Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. Milton.
3. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. A boon companion, loving his bottle. Arbuthnot.
Boon, n. Etym: [Scot. boon, bune, been, Gael. & Ir. bunach coarse tow, fr. bun root, stubble.]
Definition: The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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