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Old 04-16-2017, 07:36 PM
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What is a Boondock???
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The expression was introduced to English by U.S. military personnel fighting in the Philippine–American War (1899-1902). It derives from the Tagalog word "bundok", which means "mountain".
In America, it came to mean any remote or wilderness area.
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