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etymology - What is the origin of bootleg? - English Language Usage . . . 6 What is the origin of 'bootleg' ('bootlegger', 'bootlegging'), in the general sense of "illicit trade in liquor" (OED)? The Online Etymology Dictionary gives one possible origin, from 1889: As an adjective in reference to illegal liquor, 1889, American English slang, from the trick of concealing a flask of liquor down the leg of a high boot
word choice - In the Internet vs. on the Internet - English . . . I suppose the large number of "in" prepositions in the phrase can be explained like this: in many languages, including Russian we use the preposition which can be translated into English as "in" So what people often do when they don't know what the correct way is - they "copy" exactly as it's told in their native language I guess the number of native speakers who use the Internet is much
Slang term for black-market food during WW2 But the USA did not have food rationing So how can there have been a black market? There certainly was rationing and a black market in Britain I don't know if there was a name for such food - but the people who operated it were called "spivs"
meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange A desire path (often referred to as a desire line in transportation planning), also known as a game trail, social trail, fishermen trail, herd path, cow path, elephant path, buffalo trace, goat track, pig trail, use trail and bootleg trail, is an unplanned small trail created as a consequence of mechanical erosion caused by human or animal traffic
vocabulary - English Language Usage Stack Exchange A desire path (also known as a game trail, desire line, social trail, herd path, cow path, goat track, pig trail or bootleg trail) can be a path created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic The path usually represents the shortest or most easily navigated route between an origin and destination
meaning - How do the terms fanboy and fangirl differ from the . . . A fanboy has all of their records (including those bootleg records and a few unreleased ones) and goes to all of their concerts, even if they are on a different continent Actually "fanboy" might start earlier than that, but that's the basic idea
What is the meaning of the phrase to wake up dead The other is the title song from a bootleg album by Jimi Hendrix: " Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead " There are other references that I'm not familiar with but found by searching - a TV show "Woke Up Dead", for example I've always assumed it meant hungover or otherwise ailing, but I'm not sure
Compound noun with completely different meaning 0 A snapdragon is neither a snap nor a dragon A cocktail is neither a cock nor a tail A carpet is neither a car nor a pet (not really a compound noun, so may not qualify) bootleg is neither a boot nor a leg (not a noun, but an adjective as in bootleg whisky) Have to stop or I will become obsessed with this