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Boots

//buːts// adv, noun, verb, slang

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Used as an intensifier: very, to a great degree; exceptionally. not-comparable

    "That dress is fierce boots!"

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of boot form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A condom. Jamaica, plural, plural-only, slang

    "I said throw away the boots, I want my little youth"

  3. 3
    A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes. dated

    "He gave the boots at the Coffee Palace a shilling when that official found his key for him, and having put his boots carefully in the bag with his shirts, and placed his socks outside to be cleaned for the morning, he went to bed in a state of great mental exultation, and slept soundly."

  4. 4
    The ship in a fleet having the most junior captain. UK, slang

    "[…] he sent on the 22d. Vice-Admiral Rook into it, with several Men of War and Fire-Ships, besides the Boots of the Fleet, to endeavour to destroy them: […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of boot form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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