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boondoggle
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a device used to take up the slack in a chin-strap, such as a large wooden bead, or a woven knot such as a Turk's head.
Quotations
1957
. . . all wore black peaked caps similar to taxi drivers', except that these have a strap under the chin secured by a boondoggle, such as is worn on a cowboy's chinstrap.