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Definition of Boots
1. n. A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
Definition of Boots
1. Noun. (plural of boot) ¹
2. Noun. (sports) The sports shoes worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football. ¹
3. Noun. (dated) A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes. ¹
4. Noun. (Jamaica slang plurale tantum) A condom.Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, ''Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language'', Around the Way Books (2006), ISBN 0975534254, [ page 17] ¹
5. Verb. (third-person singular of boot) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boots
1. boot [v] - See also: boot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boots
Literary usage of Boots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"The article from which I quote is from the pen Puss iN BooTs. — The subject of
Whittington and his Cat has been of late so ably discussed in pound on the ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Industrial Relations. Division of Labor Statistics and Law Enforcement, California Bureau of Labor Statistics (1890)
"The volume of trade in boots and shoes, leather and hides all increased ...
In 1889 a new feature was added to outside competition in boots and shoes, ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"MY MISTRESS'S boots She has dancing eyes and ruby lips, Delightful boots—and away
she skips. They nearly strike me dumb,— I tremble when they come ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly (1873)
"boots.—One of the most perfect rudiments is presented by top- boots. ... We black
our boots because brown leather would, with wet and use, naturally get ..."
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