单词 | bootleg |
释义 | bootlegn. 1. The leg of a tall boot, or the leather, etc., cut out for this (see also quot. 1875). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > boot leg leg1558 bootleg1634 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > boot leg > leather for bootleg1634 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > gaiter or legging > types of cockerc1390 startup1625 spatterdasher1684 spatterdash1687 spatter-lash1688 spit-boot1707 splatterdash1772 spat1802 spring gaiter1846 bootleg1875 upper1889 spatter1898 1634 Churchwardens' Accts. Youlgrave in Reliquary Jan. (1864) 190 For a payre of Boot-legges needfull to be used about ye bells. 1843 Knickerbocker 21 523 A pair of linsey-woolsey breeches plunged into his boot-legs. 1855 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Doesticks, what he Says xxi. 181 The man who would..hopefully essay the concoction of a satisfactory stew from jack-knife-handles and bootlegs. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 20 Boot-legs, short gaiters, not reaching to the knee. 1887 Harper's Mag. Dec. 78/2 Timothy..drew his ‘shooting-iron’ from his boot-leg, and cocked it with a metallic click. 1889 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Despot Broomsedge Cove iv. 65 He..paused only to slip into his long boot-leg a ‘shootin' iron’. 2. attributive. a. With reference to illicit trading in liquor. Also elliptical. Cf. bootlegger n. originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [adjective] > in liquor bootlega1889 bootlegging1903 a1889 Omaha Herald (Barrère & Leland) There is as much whisky consumed in Iowa now as there was before,..‘for medical purposes only’, and on the boot-leg plan. 1921 W. D. Newton in Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 154/2 Joe left him apparently sleeping the solid sleep of ‘bootleg’ whisky in his shack. 1922 C. Sandburg Slabs of Sunburnt West 25 Burnt like a shot of bootleg booze. 1928 H. Crane Let. 31 Jan. (1965) 315 Gradually I'm becoming acquainted with all the brands of bootleg that the Westcoast offers. 1929 Morning Post 7 June 11/2 Alleged bootleg ring. 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. ii. 70 She'll get nothing but bootleg rye and bath-tub gin..after this. b. Of other commodities, persons, etc. ΚΠ 1928 Daily Express 5 Mar. 11/6 Bootleg [i.e. smuggled] baby. 1929 Variety 10 Apr. 1/2 There is almost as big a market for bootleg disk records as there is for bootlegged books. 1931 Daily Express 15 Oct. 11/2 A ‘bootleg’ house is one which has been erected in defiance of the Building Act. 1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax vii. 72 The occasional bootleg lemon. 1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax ix. 84 I can't eat, said Clarissa, pushing away her bootleg egg. Draft additions 1993 b. A gramophone record or tape prepared without authorization: see sense 2b below. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > type of phonogram1878 phonograph record1878 phonautogram1887 re-recording1927 sound picture1928 studio recording1929 talking book1932 wire recording1933 audiobook1942 bootleg1951 music track1953 demo1954 single track1959 soundbite1973 pod2006 1951 Record Changer Nov. 1 (heading) Victor presses bootlegs! 1971 It 2 June 18/1 This album of the Experience recorded at the Albert Hall in '69 is not a bootleg (although there's an inferior bootleg in mono selling at the same price), it's an official German release. 1979 Sounds 28 Apr. 52/2 I'd like to know where..the customer..stands. Can I get into trouble with the law for buying bootlegs? 1989 Rolling Stone 5 Oct. 16/2 Jon Bon Jovi..left Moscow with caviar, watches, paintings, a Red Army coat, a bootleg of Elvis Presley hits and a new attitude. Draft additions 1993 Also, spec. of gramophone records and tapes prepared and distributed without authorization. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [adjective] > recorded music canned1878 phonogramic1888 tinned1924 potted1928 bootleg1951 digital1969 1951 Record Changer Nov. 1 He apparently has encountered no difficulty in persuading Victor to process and press..four bootleg reissues of jazz classics. 1973 Telegraph (Brisbane) 27 Feb. 15/5 Bootleg records either can be re-pressed from legitimate records; taken from unauthorised recordings of live performances; or pressed from tapes stolen from recording studios. 1985 S. Booth True Adventures Rolling Stones xxiii. 238 How do bootleg records get around? Draft additions 1997 2. American Football. A play in which the ball-carrier pretends to hand the ball to a team-mate but continues to carry it, concealing it from opposing players by holding it near his hip. Frequently attributive. Cf. bootleg v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres rush1857 punt-out1861 goal-kicking1871 safety1879 safety touchdown1879 scrimmage1880 rushing1882 safety touch1884 touchback1884 forward pass1890 run1890 blocking1891 signal1891 fake1893 onside kick1895 tandem-play1895 pass play1896 spiral1896 shift1901 end run1902 straight-arm1903 quarterback sneak1904 runback1905 roughing1906 Minnesota shift1910 quarterbacking1910 snap-back1910 pickoff1912 punt return1914 screen forward pass1915 screen pass1920 power play1921 sneak1921 passback1922 snap1922 defence1923 reverse1924 carry1927 lateral1927 stiff-arm1927 zone1927 zone defence1927 submarine charge1928 squib1929 block1931 pass rushing1933 safetying1933 trap play1933 end-around1934 straight-arming1934 trap1935 mousetrap1936 buttonhook1938 blitzing1940 hand-off1940 pitchout1946 slant1947 strike1947 draw play1948 shovel pass1948 bootleg1949 option1950 red dog1950 red-dogging1951 rollout1951 submarine1952 sleeper pass1954 draw1956 bomb1960 swing pass1960 pass rush1962 blitz1963 spearing1964 onsides kick1965 takeaway1967 quarterback sack1968 smash-mouth1968 veer1968 turn-over1969 bump-and-run1970 scramble1971 sack1972 nose tackle1975 nickel1979 pressure1981 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [adjective] > actions or manoeuvres end-around1934 blitzing1940 slant1947 bootleg1949 red-dogging1951 pass-rushing1961 bump-and-run1970 run-and-shoot1975 1945 Time 3 Dec. 72/2 His favorite play is the ‘bootlegger’: Waterfield simply fakes to other backs, then pulls some fast sleight-of-hand and swings out around end, literally hiding the ball behind his back.] 1949 P. Cummings Dict. Sports 44/1 Bootleg play,..a play where the ball-carrier fakes giving it to a teammate, then conceals it behind his hip, and runs in a different direction from that indicated by the player who faked receiving it. 1958 Sports Illustr. 6 Oct. 51/2 I've never been able to run a bootleg against Andy Robustelli. 1960 Blaik & Cohane You have to pay Price xix. 361 He also scored our other marker on a 24-yard bootleg run. 1990 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. 1 Jan. 30/1 We were using that running play to set up a bootleg to the other side on the next play. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bootlegv. 1. transitive. To traffic illicitly in (liquor). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade illegally or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > in liquor bootleg1906 society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] > liquor bootleg1906 society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] > smuggle > certain goods or items owl1738 bootleg1906 1906 in Dial. Notes 3 127 William Castell, charged with bootlegging whiskey, was tried..this morning. 1928 Observer 5 Feb. 18/2 The result is that books are bootlegged in Boston as liquor is bootlegged in other cities. 1928 Daily Express 5 Mar. 11/6 She ‘bootlegged’ a baby into her home and..pretended to her husband that it was hers. 1928 Sat. Evening Post (N.Y.) 10 Mar. 169/1 Since 1924 an unknown number [of Mexicans] have been ‘bootlegged’ across the border. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas vii. 76 Somebody is bootlegging it [sc. candy] to him, and I mean to find out who it is. 2. intransitive. American Football. To execute a ‘bootleg’ (bootleg n. Additions 2); to turn sharply in the course of this. Also transitive, with ball as object. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > play American football [verb (intransitive)] > actions or manoeuvres rush1873 return1884 block1889 goal1900 drive1902 interfere1920 submarine1925 lateral1927 lateral1930 pull1933 to hand off1937 shovel pass1948 bootleg1951 scramble1964 spear1964 blitz1965 convert1970 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > play American football [verb (transitive)] > actions to ball return1884 snap1887 drive1889 centre1895 to turn over1921 convert1932 lateral1932 snag1942 shovel pass1948 bootleg1951 squib1966 to take a (also the) knee1972 spike1976 1951 Sport (U.S.) Nov. 69/3 If Waterfield bootlegs around you this afternoon, it'll cost you 25 bucks. 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 55/2 Bootleg,..v.t. To carry the ball deceptively, as in football and other sports. 1969 P. Bengtson & T. Hunt Packer Dynasty viii. 81 Starr masterfully faked the handoff, bootlegged, and then lofted the ball to Paul in the clear. 1989 N.Y. Times 3 Jan. b7/6 On third-and-goal from the 1, he bootlegged the ball on a fake sweep and then flipped a touchdown pass to Corwin Anthony. Derivatives ˈbootlegged adj. illicit, smuggled; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [adjective] > relating to smuggling contraband1656 run1698 smuggled1707 smuggling1813 bootlegged1922 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt v. 66 The bright lights and the bootlegged cocktails. 1928 Observer 5 Feb. 18/2 Negroes who carried bootlegged liquor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1634v.1906 |
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