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Booby (other)
The booby is a type of seabird. Booby or boobies may also refer to: Slang * Breast Places * Booby Island (Queensland), Queensland, Australia * Booby Island (Kimberley), Western Australia * Booby Island (Saint Kitts and Nevis) * Booby Island, a mile offshore of (but not officially claimed by) Saint George Basseterre Parish * Booby Cay, one of the three Swan Islands, Honduras * Booby Pond, Cayman Islands - see Booby Pond Nature Reserve As a nickname *Boobie Clark (1949–1988), American National Football League player *Russell Clark (criminal) (1898–1968), American thief, bank robber and prison escapee nicknamed "Boobie" * Anthony Dixon (born 1987), American National Football League player nicknamed "Boobie" * Daniel Gibson (born 1986), American National Basketball Association player nicknamed "Booby" or "Boobie" * Boobie Miles (born 1970), American high school football player Other uses *Sir Thomas Booby and Lady Booby, characters in the novel ''Joseph Andrews'' See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Booby
A booby is a seabird in the genus ''Sula'', part of the family Sulidae. Boobies are closely related to the gannets (''Morus''), which were formerly included in ''Sula''. Systematics and evolution The genus ''Sula'' was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The type species is the brown booby. The name is derived from ''súla'', the Old Norse and Icelandic word for the other member of the family Sulidae, the gannet. The English name ''booby'' may derive from the Spanish slang term , meaning "stupid", as these tame birds had a habit of landing on board sailing ships, where they were easily captured and eaten. Owing to this, boobies are often mentioned as having been caught and eaten by shipwrecked sailors, including William Bligh of the ''Bounty'' and his adherents during their voyage after being set adrift by Fletcher Christian and his followers. Six of the ten extant Sulidae species called ''boobies'' are in the genus ''Sula'', while th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anthony Dixon
Anthony Rishard "Boobie" Dixon (born September 24, 1987) is an American former professional football running back. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He played college football for Mississippi State University, where he holds multiple school rushing records. Early life As a senior at Terry High School in 2005, he racked up 304 carries for 2,683 yards (8.8 average) and 31 touchdowns in leading Terry to an 11–2 mark. He was named the Jackson metro-area player of the year by '' The Clarion-Ledger''. He was also a first-team All-State honoree by the paper, and was named to its (preseason) "Dandy Dozen" team (of the state's 12 best high school players) and its (postseason) "10 Most Wanted" list (of the state's top 10 college football prospects). Considered a four-star recruit by '' Rivals.com'', Dixon was listed as the No. 22 running back prospect in the nation in 2006. Scout.com ranked Dixon a four star prospect and the 30th be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Boob (other)
Boob has these common meanings: * a slang word for a woman's breast * an insult for a stupid or foolish person Boob or Boobs may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''The Boob'', a 1926 film by William Wellman * ''Boobs! The Musical'', a revue by Ruth Wallis * the title character of ''Boob McNutt'', a comic strip by Rube Goldberg which ran from 1915 to 1934 * Jeremy Hillary Boob, a character in the animated movie ''Yellow Submarine'' (1968) * Boobs (short story), "Boobs" (short story), by Suzy McKee Charnas (1989) People * Boob Brasfield (1898–1966), American vaudeville comedian * Boob Darling (1903–1968), American football player * Boob Fowler (1900–1988), American Major League Baseball shortstop * Betty Boob, American feminist writer, editor, and television director and producer Marcelle Karp (born 1964) * Jo Boobs, American stripper Jo Weldon (born 1962) See also * * Booby (other) * Musa M'Boob (born 1963), Gambian musician {{disambiguation Nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Booby Island (other)
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Booby Island may refer to *Booby Island (Western Australia) *Booby Island (Queensland) **Booby Island Light *Booby Island (Saint Kitts and Nevis), an island off the coast of Saint Kitts and Nevis *Booby Island (Seychelles) See also *Booby Cay, one of the Swan Islands, Honduras The Swan Islands ( or ''Islas del Cisne'', named ''Islas de las Pozas'' by Christopher Columbus in 1502) is a chain of three islands located in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, approximately northeast of the eastern coast of Honduras, with a comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Booby Trap
A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a human or an animal. It is triggered by the presence or actions of the victim and sometimes has some form of bait designed to lure the victim towards it. The trap may be set to act upon trespassers that enter restricted areas, and it can be triggered when the victim performs an action (e.g., opening a door, picking something up, or switching something on). It can also be triggered by vehicles driving along a road, as in the case of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Booby traps should not be confused with mantraps which are designed to catch a person. Lethal booby traps are often used in warfare, particularly guerrilla warfare, and traps designed to cause injury or pain are also sometimes used by criminals wanting to protect drugs or other illicit property, and by some owners of legal property who wish to protect it from theft. Booby traps which merely cause discomfort or embarrassment are a popular f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Booby's Bay
Booby's Bay is a sandy beach near Padstow, Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ..., England, UK. During World War I, the three masted sailing ship ''Carl'' of the German navy was beached and abandoned in Constantine Bay while being towed to London during a storm. References Beaches of Cornwall Bays of Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Joseph Andrews
''The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams'', was the first full-length novel by the English author Henry Fielding to be published and among the early novels in the English language. Appearing in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it tells of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. Inspirations The novel embodies a fusion of two competing aesthetics of 18th century in literature, 18th-century literature: the mock-heroic and Neoclassicism, neoclassical (and, by extension, Aristocracy (class), aristocratic) approach of Augustan literature, Augustans such as Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, and the popular, domestic prose fiction of novelists such as Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson. The novel draws on various inspirations. Written "in imitation of the manner of Miguel de Cervantes, Cervantes, the author of ''Don Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Boobie Miles
James Earl "Boobie" Miles Jr. (born April 16, 1970) is an American former high school football running back for Permian High School in Odessa, Texas. He was a primary subject in the book '' Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream'' by Buzz Bissinger, and the movie inspired by the book. Miles is a major figure in Bissinger's book as one of the top high school running backs in Texas. He was heavily recruited by dozens of top college football schools, but his promising career was derailed by a knee injury. Early life Miles was born en route to St. Luke's Hospital in Houston with a police escort on April 16, 1970. He lived with his parents until he was three when his mother left him with his maternal grandmother in Houston and moved permanently to Oklahoma without him. Around the age of five Miles went to live with his father, James Sr. The elder Miles was working two jobs, as a truck driver and printing-plant labourer which left Miles lonely for most of the time. His father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Daniel Gibson
Daniel Hiram "Boobie" Gibson (born February 27, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2006 NBA draft and played seven seasons for them. Early life Gibson averaged 25.5 points per game and 9.3 assists per game while leading Jones High School in Houston, Texas to a 31–4 record and the Texas Class 4A state title as a senior. It marked the school's first state championship since 1965. Gibson graduated sixth out of 212 students in his high school class, and was a member of the National Honor Society. College career Gibson starred as a guard in college basketball the University of Texas at Austin. In his two seasons with the Longhorns, he scored 935 points, including 175 three-point field goals. Gibson made 101 threes during the 2005–2006 season, including 9 of 12 against the Baylor Bears on January 21, 2006. It was one short of the Texas record of 10 set by Al Coleman against Kansas Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Russell Clark (criminal)
Russell Lee "Boobie" Clark (August 9, 1898 – December 24, 1968) was an American thief, bank robber and prison escapee. He is best known as the "good natured" member of the John Dillinger gang and participated in armed holdups with them in a three-month crime spree across the Midwestern United States from October 1933 until his capture in January 1934. Biography Early life and career A native of Oaktown, Knox County, Indiana, Russell Clark's criminal career began shortly after his dishonorable discharge from the United States Marines in 1919. He was a partner of Ralston "Blackie" Linton during the early 1920s and together robbed a series of " illicit roadhouses". In 1926, Clark was a suspect in the kidnapping of two West Terre Haute bootleggers and the murder of Joe Popolardo in Danville, Illinois. That same year, both Jack Morrison and Clark confessed to robbing the Bellevue Club in Evansville, Indiana on August 26 but the owner, Charles "Cotton" Jones, refused to press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Breast
The breasts are two prominences located on the upper ventral region of the torso among humans and other primates. Both sexes develop breasts from the same embryology, embryological tissues. The relative size and development of the breasts is a major secondary sex distinction between females and males. There is also considerable Bra size, variation in size between individuals. Permanent Breast development, breast growth during puberty is caused by estrogens in conjunction with the growth hormone. Female humans are the only mammals that permanently develop breasts at puberty; all other mammals develop their mammary tissue during the latter period of pregnancy. In females, the breast serves as the mammary gland, which produces and secretes milk to feed infants. Subcutaneous fat covers and envelops a network of lactiferous duct, ducts that converge on the nipple, and these tissue (biology), tissues give the breast its distinct size and globular shape. At the ends of the ducts are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Boobie Clark
Charles Lee "Boobie" Clark (November 8, 1949October 25, 1988) was a professional American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons and was named the UPI AFL–AFC Rookie of the Year for 1973. Early life Clark was born in Jacksonville, Florida and was an athletic standout at Stanton High School, where the nickname "Boobie" originated. He played tight end in high school and at Bethune-Cookman University."#37 Charles "Boobie" Clark/Football" Florida Times-Union, 2000AD Top 100 Athletes He was an offensive line stalwart at Bethune-Cookman, with one exception. During a 48–0 victory over Albany State University
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