boot money — a wrongful payment to an amateur in sport A relic from the days when talented people played sport for fun rather than money and the respective status of amateurs and professionals was strictly regulated. Supposedly the money was left in the … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
boot — n [obsolete or dialect boot compensation, from Old English bōt advantage, compensation]: additional money or property received to make up the difference in an exchange of business or investment property that is of like kind but unequal in value ◇ … Law dictionary
Boot Yer Butt — est une compilation des morceaux enregistrés lors de concerts des The Doors, entre 1967 et 1970. On y retrouve notamment le tristement célèbre concert de Miami du 1er mars 1969 et l avant dernier concert des Doors à Dallas, le 11 décembre 1970.… … Wikipédia en Français
boot — [[t]bu͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ boots, booting, booted 1) N COUNT Boots are shoes that cover your whole foot and the lower part of your leg. → See also wellington He sat in a kitchen chair, reached down and pulled off his boots... He was wearing riding pants … English dictionary
Boot Polish (film) — Infobox Film name = Boot Polish caption = Film poster director = Prakash Arora producer = Raj Kapoor eproducer = aproducer = writer = Bhanu Pratap starring = Naaz Ratan Kumar David music = Shankar Jaikishan cinematography = Tara Dutt editing = G … Wikipedia
Money Key — Tiny Money Key, just off of the Seven Mile Bridge Money Key is a small island in the lower Florida Keys. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean between Little Duck Key and the Molasses Keys. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) passes the key at… … Wikipedia
money claims — Claims or demands for money arising out of express or implied contracts. All rightful claims, whether founded upon contract, tort or penalties given by statute. Dittman Boot & Shoe Co. v Mixon, 120 Ala 206, 210, 24 So 847 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Wellington boot — The Wellington boot, also known as a wellie, a topboot, a gumboot, or a rubber boot, is a type of boot based upon Hessian boots. It was worn and popularised by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and fashionable among the British aristocracy … Wikipedia
Golden Boot Awards — For the rugby league award for the world s best player, see Rugby League World Golden Boot Awards The Golden Boot Awards honor actors, actresses, and crew members who have made significant contributions to the genre of Western television and… … Wikipedia
car boot sales — Car boot sales, along with garage sales and attic sales, as forms of private selling are a phenomenon of recent years and reflect a number of economic and social trends and cultural practices. Jumble sales have traditionally been held in, for… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
