"shoobie" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-shoobie.ogg [Australia] Forms: shoobies [plural]
Rhymes: -uːbi Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoobie (plural shoobies)
  1. (slang, US, southern New Jersey) A visitor to a coastal area who looks out of place. Tags: New-Jersey, Southern, US, slang
    Sense id: en-shoobie-en-noun--heMWzRZ Categories (other): American English, New Jersey English

Inflected forms

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