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bootses

bootses is the plural of boots.

Meaning of boots

Noun (1)

boots pl (plural only)

  1. (Jamaica, plural, plural-only, slang) A condom.
    • I said throw away the boots, I want my little youth1980, Black Uhuru, "Abortion", Black Uhuru (re-released as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1983)

Noun (2)

boots (plural bootses)

  1. (dated) A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
    • He gave the boots at the Coffee Palace a shilling when that official found his key for him, and having put his boots carefully in the bag with his shirts, and placed his socks outside to be cleaned for the morning, he went to bed in a state of great mental exultation, and slept soundly.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 51
  2. (UK, slang) The ship in a fleet having the most junior captain.
    • […] he sent on the 22d. Vice-Admiral Rook into it, with several Men of War and Fire-Ships, besides the Boots of the Fleet, to endeavour to destroy them: […]1705, The Life of William III, Late King of England, and Prince of Orange, page 334

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Questions about bootses

What is bootses the plural of?
Bootses is the plural of boots.

Words near bootses in the dictionary

  1. bootscans
  2. bootscraper
  3. bootscrapers
  4. bootsector
  5. bootsectors
  6. bootses
  7. bootsful
  8. bootsole
  9. bootsoles
  10. bootspace
  11. bootsplash

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