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View synonyms for booby prize

booby prize

noun

  1. a prize given in good-natured ridicule to the worst player or team in a game or contest.


booby prize

noun

  1. a mock prize given to the person having the lowest score or giving the worst performance in a competition
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of booby prize1

First recorded in 1885–90

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