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 Booby.Booby-trap (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Booby (Lady).
 
A caricature on Richardson’s Pam’ela. A vulgar upstart, who tries to seduce Joseph Andrews. (Fielding: Joseph Andrews.)   1
 


 Booby.Booby-trap (A). 

 
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