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buttlegger, n. N. Amer. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈbʌtˌlɛgə|, U.S. |ˈbətˌlɛgər|
[Alteration of boot-legger n. at boot-leg n. Derivatives after butt n.3 Compare buttlegging n.]
A person who smuggles or trades illegally in cigarettes.
1949Portland (Maine) Press Herald 1 Sept. 3/1 (headline) Long sets traps for ‘buttleggers’. Bay State to guard against illegal imports. 1966Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 13 Apr. 4/1 This is a situation made to order for the small-time buttlegger, who can net up to $3,000 on the contents of a one-ton panel truck. 1995R. Hornung At Edge of All Things iii. 21 The Mohawks knew he'd been working with buttleggers for years. |