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Definition of Baboonery
1. n. Baboonish behavior.
Definition of Baboonery
1. Noun. Baboonish behavior. (qualifier Marryat). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baboonery
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baboonery
Literary usage of Baboonery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"Then he laid hold of Now, although the old law-suit between Squire Bull and the
proprietors of the baboonery had long ago been settled, ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1890)
"It was called the “Republic of baboonery.” An anonymous memoir, written in the
seventeenth century, and first printed in 1840, furnishes the following ..."
3. Curiosities of Literature: And the Literary Character Illustrated by Isaac Disraeli, Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1846)
"... The Republic of baboonery.' The society was a burlesque model of their own
... that he considered himself 'as much King of baboonery, as King of Poland. ..."
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