bootleg
bootleg
nounDefinition of BOOTLEG
illegally produced liquor <getting caught with bootleg during Prohibition could have resulted in a jail sentence>
Related Words bathtub gin, red-eye, rotgut; alcohol, ardent spirits, booze, drink, firewater, grog, hooch [slang], John Barleycorn, juice [slang], potable, rum, spirits, strong drink, tipple
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