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baboonery

American  
[ba-boo-nuh-ree, buh-] / bæˈbu nə ri, bə- /

noun

plural

babooneries
  1. an uncouth, ridiculous, or brutish condition, attitude, or action.


Etymology

Origin of baboonery

1375–1425; late Middle English babwynrie, equivalent to bab ( e ) wyn baboon + -rie -ery

Example Sentences

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Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill, old foe of "the foul baboonery of Bolshevism," reportedly did not hit it off too well at their meeting last year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the Southwest Foundation's baboonery, on the rolling, Kenya-like plains eight miles west of downtown San Antonio, resounded to the barks and squeals of the baboon colonies.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had often damned Communism's "foul baboonery," but the Nazi invasion of Russia brought Churchill's immediate pledge of unstinting support.

From Time Magazine Archive

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