boonies
Example Sentences
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Emilia Simeonova, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business who has studied Native American casinos, said gaming projects have benefited some tribes because revenue is directed to tribe members or because some projects are “in the boonies” without other industries.
From Washington Post
If they are sent back to the boonies to relearn the game they have evidently forgotten how to play, they are “optioned,” though there is nothing optional about it.
From Washington Post
Storage can cost $30 to $450 a month, depending on whether it’s outdoors or indoors, heated or unheated, near a major city or out in the boonies.
From Washington Times
When I was a kid, we lived in the boonies.
From Washington Post
This genre, a little movie in the boonies, is my speed.
From Salon
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