boonies
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of boonies
First recorded in 1950–55; see origin at boon(docks), -ie
Example Sentences
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I’m not talking about a motel in the boonies of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or a drafty log cabin on a lake in Maine or Minnesota.
From Salon • May 7, 2024
Anne E. Thompson’s understated performance as Dani, a rookie cop patrolling the boonies, crept up slowly like a colt finding her hind legs.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Quinn’s friends in Silicon Valley would tease her, saying “Hollister, that’s the boonies, you can’t live there,” she said, but her new home, away from the corporate grind and traffic, has turned her life around.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023
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
This’ll sound crazy, I know—a kid like me from the boonies on the Eastern Shore—but what I want to do someday is design buildings—maybe even parks and stuff.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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