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Is "freebooting" related to "bootlegging"? https://www.google.com/#q=bootlegging https://www.google.com/#q=bootlegging
by devy 11y ago
Is "freebooting" related to "bootlegging"? https://www.google.com/#q=bootlegging https://www.google.com/#q=bootlegging
- corin_ 11y agoNo, it's not. The 'boot' in 'freebooting' comes from the Dutch word 'buit' which means 'booty', the 'boot' in 'bootlegging' comes from boots you wear on your feet (in the leg of which you could hide a flask of illegal alcohol).