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Examples
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In fact it is difficult to think of a brighter, more articulate and boffinish bunch in all sport.
The Guardian World News Paul Weaver 2011
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More blokey than boffinish, he wears his intelligence, comic ability and musical talents so lightly, in such a spirit of low-key, grinning affability, rather as if he were 45 going on
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009
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2. A rather boffinish do-gooder with a slightly naive understanding of human nature and motivations.
The Guardian World News Tanya Gold 2011
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2. A rather boffinish do-gooder with a slightly naive understanding of human nature and motivations.
The Guardian World News Tanya Gold 2011
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