foodlegger

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An illicit foodseller, especially in a jurisdiction where food is subject to rationing.
    — Foodleggers. One sinister development that aggravated the food situation was the rise in wartime Britain of a new kind of criminal: the food racketeer. Like gangsters who terrorized the U.S. under Prohibition, foodleggers have highjacked trucks ...

词形变化

foodleggers plural

词源

Blend of food + bootlegger. Attested since circa 1941.
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