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- noun Plural form of
boor .
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Examples
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Now their representatives are known as boors (childishly interrupting a president), rule-breakers
Home/News 2009
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So wait, the fact that John McCain got heckled by graduating students at a commencement speech implies that the student body is composed of 'boors' and should be banished from hosting conferences?
Early Registration Launches for 'Games for Change' Annual Conference in June 2006
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Seeing himself served in this way, Don Quixote said to his squire, "I have always heard it said, Sancho, that to do good to boors is to throw water into the sea.
Don Quixote 2002
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Seeing himself served in this way, Don Quixote said to his squire, "I have always heard it said, Sancho, that to do good to boors is to throw water into the sea.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 08 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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Seeing himself served in this way, Don Quixote said to his squire, "I have always heard it said, Sancho, that to do good to boors is to throw water into the sea.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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Seeing himself served in this way, Don Quixote said to his squire, "I have always heard it said, Sancho, that to do good to boors is to throw water into the sea.
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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He's hounded at work by grotesque boors, including a lascivious boss played by Buffy's Anthony Head — reprising his role from the original British series, which BBC America will begin showing next month — who keep urging the schnook to "get back on the horse."
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Bible-humping boors should be barred from public office.
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Arthur Kirkland: Arresting someone for expressing an opinion is cowardly and foolish; boors such as Dale McAlpine deserve every measure of freedom of expression.
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I guess in one way it makes sense as pack thinking - the bigger/dominant/more visible pack must be the better, and everyone must want to join, and if they don't then they're ungrateful boors that we shouldn't waste any more time on.
skittledog: Oh, the rich. How they mock you. skittledog 2009
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