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单词 buttlegger
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buttleggern.

Brit. /ˈbʌtˌlɛɡə/, U.S. /ˈbətˌlɛɡər/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bootlegger n.
Etymology: Alteration of bootlegger n. after butt n.6 (compare sense 3b at that entry).
North American colloquial (originally U.S.).
A person who smuggles or trades illegally in cigarettes.
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society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > smuggler > of certain goods
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1945 Internat. Stereotypers & Electrotypers Union Jrnl. Apr. 321/2 Well I gotta go now. Got a date with my butt-legger.
1966 Ironwood (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.
1995 R. Hornung At Edge of All Things iii. 21 The Mohawks knew he'd been working with buttleggers for years.
2015 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 8 July 21 In the middle are countless city bodegas; they get their product from the buttleggers and peddle it by the pack, mostly under the counter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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