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Definition of Goonies
1. goony [n] - See also: goony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goonies
Literary usage of Goonies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into Alaska by Sheldon Jackson, United States Bureau of Education (1898)
"One Sunday when the teachers had their organ on deck and were playing and singing,
the goonies swam close alongside, hushed their hungry cries, and listened ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1900)
"Diomedea chinensis, records " the added fact that the goonies also roost upon
the vessel's yards at night." Is this a fact ? My observations tend to a ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1811)
"I do not know the amount of this weight or measure : the goonies, or Gunnies,
are bags made of a sort of hempen cloth.' ' $ Men employed about tents, ..."
4. Gold Hunting in Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1901)
"Black- footed albatrosses, or " goonies," as the sailors call them, are common,
... There nre several " goonies " which seem to follow us constantly. ..."
5. Corona and Coronet: Being a Narrative of the Amherst Eclipse Expedition to by Mabel Loomis Todd (1899)
"But it had first to pass a careful scrutiny and much unsatisfactory pecking on
the part of several inquisitive goonies. A taste of brisker motion in the ..."
6. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1908)
"The vessel was unceasingly followed by a barnyard of "goonies," black albatrosses.
Their aeroplane evolutions and squabbles over refuse from the ship were ..."
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