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boon⋅docks

  [boon-doks]
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–noun (used with a plural verb)
1. an uninhabited area with thick natural vegetation, as a backwoods or marsh (usually prec. by the).
2. a remote rural area (usually prec. by the): The company moved to a small town out in the boondocks.
Origin:
1940–45, Americanism; < Tagalog bundok mountain + -s 3 (in locative derivations such as the sticks, the dumps, etc.)

Synonyms:
2. back country, backwoods, provinces; boonies, sticks.
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Word Origin & History

boondocks 
1910s, from Tagalog bundok "mountain." Adopted by occupying American soldiers in the Philippines for "remote and wild place." Reinforced or re-adopted during World War II. Hence, also boondockers "shoes suited for rough terrain" (1953).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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