foodlegger
foodlegger noun: an illicit foodseller, especially in a jurisdiction where food is subject to rationing.
Noun
foodlegger (plural foodleggers)
- An illicit foodseller, especially in a jurisdiction where food is subject to rationing.
- Foodleggers. One sinister development that aggravated the food situation was the rise in wartime Britain of a new kind of criminal: the food racketeer. Like gangsters who terrorized the U.S. under Prohibition, foodleggers have highjacked trucks ...1941, Time
- All branches of the retail industry agreed that the plan, far from being selfish on our part, would [provide] food in normal and equitably established channels, making food available for all types of stores without creating foodleggers and black markets.1943, A Study and Investigation of the National Defense Program in Its Relation to Small Business: […]
Forms of foodlegger
| plural | foodleggers |
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Origin of foodlegger
Blend of food + bootlegger. Attested since circa 1941.
Questions about foodlegger
- What does foodlegger mean?
- Foodlegger means an illicit foodseller, especially in a jurisdiction where food is subject to rationing.
- What part of speech is foodlegger?
- Foodlegger is a noun.
- What is the plural of foodlegger?
- The plural of foodlegger is foodleggers.
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