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bootleggery¹

  • /ˈbuːtˌlɛɡəɹi/

Where it comes from

From bootleg + -ery.

noun bootleggeries

  1. countable, uncountable The crime of bootlegging. Bootleggery was common where he was from.
  2. countable, uncountable A place or area where bootlegging is done. He closed up his bootleggery and moved it to the middle of the block. A literal, simple soul that obeyed to the letter the slogan of the Anti-Saloon League. The passing of the corner saloon in New York has changed the whole face of[…]

bootleggery²

  • /ˈbuːtˌlɛɡəɹi/

Where it comes from

From bootlegger + -y.

adjective

  1. informal, not comparable Resembling or characteristic of a bootlegger. “Dave Segal was quite good looking, in a bootleggery kind of way. To me he looked like a bootlegger.” Golden agreed with that description. “Dave Segal was just like you imagine, like George Raft in the movies. He looked like a gangster, the way he dressed, conducted himself.”

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@misc{bootleggery_2026,
  title = {bootleggery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bootleggery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}