bootleggery

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The crime of bootlegging. countable,uncountable
    — Bootleggery was common where he was from.
  2. A place or area where bootlegging is done. countable,uncountable
    — He closed up his bootleggery and moved it to the middle of the block. A literal, simple soul that obeyed to the letter the slogan of the Anti-Saloon League. The passing of the corner saloon in New York has changed the whole face of[…]
形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bootlegger. informal,not-comparable
    — “Dave Segal was quite good looking, in a bootleggery kind of way. To me he looked like a bootlegger.” Golden agreed with that description. “Dave Segal was just like you imagine, like George Raft in the movies. He looked like a gangster, the way he dressed, conducted himself.”

词形变化

bootleggeries plural

词源

词源 1
From bootleg + -ery.
词源 2
From bootlegger + -y.
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