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bootlegger

[boot-leg-er] / ˈbutˌlɛg ər /
NOUN
illegal liquor dealer
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One of the most intriguing was Williams’s bootlegger Albert White, also known as Chalky, the conflicted unofficial leader of Atlantic City’s Black community.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021

In 1934, Carl Kaelin, a failed chicken farmer and former whiskey bootlegger, scraped together $680 and, alongside his wife Margaret, opened an eponymous family restaurant.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2021

Outlaw and bootlegger Joseph Henry Loveless’ bones were found in an Idaho cave on two separate dates, in 1979 and 1991.

From Fox News • Feb. 14, 2020

Complications arise when a police captain tries to bring a powerful bootlegger to justice.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2019

He trembled with the thought of the white men in the bank—the men who helped him buy and mortgage houses—discovering that this raggedy bootlegger was his sister.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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