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Subject: boondoggle: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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May. 27, 2014

boondoggle \BOON-dog-uhl, -daw-guhl\ verb 1. to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy. 2. to deceive or attempt to deceive: to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme. Quotes To the cowboy it meant the making of saddle trappings out of... See full quote -- , The Chicago Tribune, 1935 Origin Boondoggle is an Americanism that dates to the 1930s. The ter... See full origin

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