Crossword-Solution: BOFFIN
We have 11 clues for the answer “BOFFIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| PERSON engaged in technical research (sl.) | 1 answer |
| RESEARCH scientist | 1 answer |
| SCIENTIST (commonly) | 1 answer |
| Tech expert, in British lingo | 1 answer |
| scientist or expert | 1 answer |
| researcher | 7 answers |
| A SCIENTIST OR TECHNICIAN ENGAGED IN MILITARY RESEARCH | 11 answers |
| Egghead | 17 answers |
| Whiz | 61 answers |
| scientist | 61 answers |
| professional | 67 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARTEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BOFFIN (5)
Boffin was a gentleman who had belonged to the late Ministry, but had somewhat out-Heroded Herod in his Conservatism, so as to have been considered to be unfit for the Coalition.
Whence will come the reward, and when? On whom the punishment, and where? A man will not, surely, be damned for belonging to a Coalition Ministry! Boffin was a little puzzled as he thought on all this, but in the meantime was very proud of his own consistency.
Boffin on the other, who had found themselves stranded disagreeably,--with no certain position,--unwilling to sit immediately behind a Treasury bench from which they were excluded, and too shy to place themselves immediately opposite.
Boffin, with Lord Thrift and his daughter Angelica, who had belonged to former Ministries,--one on the Liberal and the other on the Conservative side,--and who were now among the Duke's guests, in order that they and others might see how wide the Duke wished to open his hands.
Boffin put down his treatise on the nature of Franchises, which he was studying in order that he might lead an opposition against the Ministry next Session, and even Sir Timothy Beeswax, who had done his work with Sir Orlando, joined the throng.
Quotes with BOFFIN (3)
Must be frustrating being a scientist. There you are, incrementally discovering how the universe works via a series of complex tests and experiments, for the benefit of all mankind - and what thanks do you get? People call you "egghead" or "boffin" or "heretic", and they cave your face in with a rock and bury you out in the wilderness. Not literally - not in this day and age - but you get the idea. Scientists are mistrusted by huge swathes of the general public, who see them …
What is he to learn? To imitate? Or to avoid? When your friends the bees worry themselves about their sovereign, and become perfectly distracted touching the slightest monarchical movement, are we men to learn the greatness of Tuft-hunting, or the littleness of the Court Circular? I am not clear, Mr. Boffin, but that the hive may be satirical.'At all events, they work,' said Mr. Boffin. Ye-es,' returned Eugene, disparagingly, 'they work; but don't you think they overdo it?
I'm a girl." When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of expression. "Indeed," she
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2004).