Associations to the word «Bootlegger»

Wiktionary

BOOTLEGGER, noun. An illegal trader of goods, especially of alcohol.
BOOTLEGGER REVERSE, noun. (US) (automotive) An automobile driving maneuver where the driver puts the vehicle in a controlled skid in order to quickly reverse the vehicle's bearing to the opposite direction.
BOOTLEGGER REVERSES, noun. Plural of bootlegger reverse

Dictionary definition

BOOTLEGGER, noun. Someone who makes or sells illegal liquor.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne