boondocker
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
Example Sentences
- "The correct method is to crawl out flat on top of the line, balancing yourself with one heavy boondocker boot hanging down as a counterweight. Then you let loose, and swoop!"
- "While these no/low-cost opportunities exist for freedom camping in the US, there is also a vast array of commercial sites offered by federal agencies at tariffs acceptable to the boondockers."
- "The party took place near 126th — a boondocker, which meant kegs in the back of pickup trucks and off-road lights pointed into the sky."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunduk Tagalog bundokbor. English boondock Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English boondocker From boondock + -er. Adopted by 1944 as U.S. services slang word for field boots during World War II under the U.S. military.