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bootlegger::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | moonshiner |
| Type of | criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
| Derivation | bootleg |
Examples of bootlegger
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Ironically enough a bar near my home had been started by a former bootlegger.
From the economist.com
Remember how the prohibition failed to stop boozing and created bootlegger gangsters?
From the nzherald.co.nz
Kay, like Billie, was a bootlegger, but she was also a titled Englishwoman.
From the theater.nytimes.com
For every dollar a bootlegger invests, I mean on average, they're getting about $15 back.
From the thenewstribune.com
Petrol is cheap, so you fill up your car, get some bootlegger whiskey and drive around.
From the time.com
Gatsby has sold his soul for money, linking up with the shady bootlegger Meyer Wolfsheim.
From the independent.co.uk
They drank beer at the Sturgill home and then drove to pick up more liquor from a bootlegger.
From the kentucky.com
A bootlegger, Harper buried bottles of booze on his land and stored liquor in old milk cans.
From the orlandosentinel.com
My father had a bulletproof Cadillac he had bought from a bootlegger.
From the time.com
- Someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
- Bootleg, bootlegs, bootlegger, bootleggers, bootlegged or bootlegging may refer to:
- An illegal trader of goods, especially of alcohol
- Train that runs over more than one railroad
- Person who runs illegal coal mining operation. Not a common occupation anymore.
- A bootlegger is a person who illegally makes, transports or sells alcoholic beverages. Bootlegging still exists because taxes more than double the average retail price of a bottle of vodka, gin, whiskey or other distilled spirit beverage.
- In times not that far away (the 18th century to late 19th century) the fashion for men were boots that were knee-high, the tall part of the book was known as the bootleg. ...
- A person who illegally sold bootleg.
