bootlegger

Example Sentences

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In 1934, Carl Kaelin, a failed chicken farmer and former whiskey bootlegger, scraped together $680 and, alongside his wife Margaret, opened an eponymous family restaurant.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2021

Outlaw and bootlegger Joseph Henry Loveless’ bones were found in an Idaho cave on two separate dates, in 1979 and 1991.

From Fox News • Feb. 14, 2020

A Manhattan bootlegger courts a woman who has been flirting with his right-hand man.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2019

In Bruce Springsteen’s “Cadillac Ranch,” Reynolds is inscribed in the automotive pantheon almost as an afterthought, following James Dean and the bootlegger Junior Johnson.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2018

He trembled with the thought of the white men in the bank—the men who helped him buy and mortgage houses—discovering that this raggedy bootlegger was his sister.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison