floorboards

[flawr-bawrd, flohr-bohrd]

floor·board

[flawr-bawrd, flohr-bohrd]
noun
1.
any of the boards composing a floor.
2.
the floor of an automotive vehicle.
verb (used with object)
3.
floor (def. 19).

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Floorboards is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1880–85; floor + board
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