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babooneries

[ba-boo-nuh-ree or, especially Brit., buh-]

noun, plural -er·ies.

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

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

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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