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Actually more of an identification of those attending boot camp. They wore navy issue shoes with white lace up leggings over the top that where mid way up to the knee, hence "Boots" or "Boot camp".
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoFrom the Online Etymology Dictionary: boot camp: 1944, U.S. Marines slang, said to be from boot as slang for "recruit," which supposedly dates from the Spanish-American War and is a synecdoche from boots, leggings worn by U.S. sailors.
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