Crossword clues for boonies
boonies
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
colloquial shortening of boondocks; by 1964, originally among U.S. troops in Vietnam War (in reference to the rural areas of the country, as opposed to Saigon).
Wiktionary
n. (context slang English) boondocks.
Usage examples of "boonies".
Angels, as a gutter terrorist with smaller, but no less tame, motorcycle gangs in the Quebec boonies.
I like to visit a little Christian Science college way out in the boonies on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, not far from St.
I first started to claw my way up from that hard-scrabble mining claim in the boonies on Taratwo she was right there beside me, clawing and scratching right along with me.
Houses and small industrial units dotted the route, alongside open barns filled with tractors and other agricultural gear, and every few miles, in case people needed reminding that they were in the boonies, I came across a road kill, a mess of blood and fur as flat as a pancake in the middle of the blacktop.
Hell, he thought, if he had to go out and buy a coat, he might as well buy a complete boonies outfit.
And maybe I'd better go check some of the old burial grounds too, the ones out in the boonies.
She got dolled up for some Santo Leon Lothario, it went bad, he killed her, dumped her somewhere out in the boonies.
Don't know anybody down there in the fucking boonies, but I got a couple of boys on the Panama City force who'll fish around for me.