boob
Meaning
Prison; a jail or lock-up.
Example
He did six months in the boob for receiving stolen goods.
Origin
Shortening of 'booby hatch'.
Variants
the boob
Nearby words
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- Bondi cigar vulgarA floating lump of human excrement in the surf.
- bonzerExcellent, first-rate. Dated.
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- boofyOf a man, big and muscly but not very bright. Of hair, thick and bouffant, with plenty of volume.
- boomerA large male kangaroo. Anything exceptionally large or impressive.