Bootlegger: "Bootlegger" is an American English word dating from 1925 and meaning "the one who hides his bottle in his boot".
In the United States of America, a bootlegger was an alcohol smuggler, during prohibition (*).
A famous bootlegger of this era is adventurer, bartender and restaurateur Donn Beach.
Today: Although there is no longer any prohibition (*) in the United States, the bootlegger is still part of the landscape in Acadia (**). Nowadays, this term means that ...
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