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bootleggeries

bootleggeries is the plural of bootleggery.

Meaning of bootleggery

Noun

bootleggery (countable and uncountable, plural bootleggeries)

  1. The crime of bootlegging.
    • Bootleggery was common where he was from.
  2. A place or area where bootlegging is done.
    • He closed up his bootleggery and moved it to the middle of the block. A literal, simple soul that obeyed to the letter the slogan of the Anti-Saloon League. The passing of the corner saloon in New York has changed the whole face of[…]1925, Benjamin De Casseres, Mirrors of New York, page 79

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Questions about bootleggeries

What is bootleggeries the plural of?
Bootleggeries is the plural of bootleggery.

Words near bootleggeries in the dictionary

  1. bootleg grounds
  2. bootlegged
  3. bootlegger
  4. bootlegger reverse
  5. bootlegger reverses
  6. bootleggeries
  7. bootleggers
  8. bootleggery
  9. bootlegging
  10. bootlegs
  11. bootles

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