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n. (plural of boffin English)
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Boffins (also known as The Boffins) is an Australian children's television programme broadcast on the ABC in 1994. The series was produced by Film Australia, and created by John Patterson and Ian Munro, who also co-created Johnson and Friends. 13 episodes were produced in 1993, aired in 1994 and released on home video by the ABC in 1995.
Usage examples of "boffins".
The boffins told her that with their long eyes they could watch both sets at once.
The boffins say that after the war, radios will be as small and cheap as teakettles were, before.
One of our boffins once asked me what was the biggest machine in the world.
The field was wide open so a selection of assorted boffins was brought in.
No new boffins were on the job and certainly no biologists of any kind.