The term "bootlegger" originated during the Prohibition era in the United States (1920-1933) when individuals would conceal bottles of illegal alcohol in their boot tops under their pants legs. The term "bootleg" refers to the smuggler's practice of hiding illicit goods in their boots.
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It's word origin is the Latin eboreus - creamy-white in color.
The word for "origin" in Romani is "zhanel."
The word of Saxon origin that can be translated as fort is "burh."
The antonym of "origin" is "destination" or "end point".
The definition of the word bootlegger is originally a smuggler of liquor in the legs of boots, although it now means to make and sell as well as transport alcohol liquor, legally or illegally.
A bootlegger is a person who Carrie illegal beer into America.
William McCoy - bootlegger - died in 1948.
William McCoy - bootlegger - was born in 1877.
He's in jail right now, for being a bootlegger.
What did a "bootlegger" smuggle into the United States from other countries?
The Bootlegger - 1911 was released on: USA: 14 November 1911
the origin is where the word came from but the specific origin of the word ballot is latin root word.
The bootlegging wine was sold at a reasonable price.
Al Capone was a famous gangster/bootlegger of the 1920's.
In the 1920s, a bootlegger produce alcoholic beverages and supply them to speakeasies because of Prohibition.
The word "origin" is derived from the French word "origin" and the Latin word "originem," both of which mean, beginning, descent, birth, and rise.