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Woodie vs Boodie - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between woodie and boodie

is that woodie is an early station wagon or estate car in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood while boodie is or boodie can be (scotland) a hobgoblinwebster's third new international dictionary, unabridged merriam-webster, 2002 http://unabridgedmerriam-webstercom (17 aug 2011) or boodie can be (australia) a species of bettong,.

woodie

English

Noun

(wikipedia woodie) (en noun)
  • An early station wagon or estate car in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood.
  • * 2000 , Tom Snyder, Pacific Coast Highway: Traveler's Guide , page 9
    • Well, for one thing a Woodie' is the last remnant of the true coach-builders' art, dating from a time when wood […]. But a ' Woodie is also an icon, emblematic of beaches and surfing and Pacific Coast Highway […].
  • A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track.

    • boodie

    English

    Etymology 1

    Variant of body.

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A hobgoblin.Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged . Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (17 Aug 2011)

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (nys) burdi.“ boodie” in Oxford Dictionaries , Oxford University Press, accessed 2012 September 12.

    Noun

    (wikipedia boodie) (en noun)
  • (Australia) A species of bettong, .
  • * 1968 , Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia , page 34,
    • However, the boodie', once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. ' Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed.
  • * 1985 , Australia's Amazing Wildlife , page 304,
    • The bettongs live in moderately dry country and with the exception of the Boodie , which digs burrows, all make nests of grass on the ground.
  • * 2002 , C. R. Veitch, Michael Norman Clout (editors), Turning the Tide: the Eradication of Invasive Species: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Eradication of Island Invasives , page 224,
    • The work on Boodie Island was the first attempt in Australia to eradicate black rats in the presence of a threatened, non-target mammal.It is likely that as many as 200-300 boodies now inhabit the island.
    Synonyms
    * (species of bettong) (burrowing bettong)

    References