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boot money

boot money noun: bribes paid to rugby or soccer players.

Noun

boot money (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Bribes paid to rugby or soccer players.
    • In New Zealand and South Africa, as well as in Australia, rugby, for many years the subject of allegations of under-the-counter payments and 'boot money', now also has a central position in the professionally orientated sporting establishment.2000, Frank Galligan, Advanced PE for Edexcel, page 240
    • For years, the little tax-free extras or inducements took the form of “boot money” – a few notes left surreptitiously in a player's boot […]2001, Keir Radnedge, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer

Questions about boot money

What does boot money mean?
Boot money means bribes paid to rugby or soccer players.
What part of speech is boot money?
Boot money is a noun.

Words near boot money in the dictionary

  1. boot loaders
  2. boot loop
  3. boot loops
  4. boot manager
  5. boot managers
  6. boot money
  7. boot one
  8. boot out
  9. boot room
  10. boot rooms
  11. boot sale

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