goonies
noun
plural of gooney.
Example Sentences
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First of all, it will take the Navy at least five years to purge the birds: young gooneys leave Midway shortly after birth to wander, return only at the age of five.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Navy has tried to shoo the gooneys away.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the Navy learned that nothing smells up a plane more pungently than a load of airsick gooneys.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unerringly, the gooneys, thoughtfully marked with a shocking-pink head dye for identincation, flew back to Midway.
From Time Magazine Archive
The boy, first to find his voice, muttered: "Of all the gooneys that ever got away from the backwoods, we take the bun!"
From The Mission of Janice Day by Corinne Turner
