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bootlegged

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He bootlegged upon a larger scale than do most of those pursuing this precarious avocation.

WORD ORIGIN

"leg of a boot," 1630s, from boot (n.1) + leg (n.). As an adjective in reference to illegal iquor, 1889, American English slang, from the trick of concealing a flask of liquor down the leg of a high boot. Before that the bootleg was the place to secret knives and pistols.

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bootleg

adjectiveillegal

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adjectiveblack-market; unlawful
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