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  • We're thinking of folks like Oscar-nominee Amy Ryan and bombshell Jessica Alba, who made a memorable cameo in a boot-legged video alongside Jack Black.

    Ryan Gosling Is Game For A Cameo On ‘The Office’ » MTV Movies Blog 2010

  • "Twenty-five pages were boot-legged to me," he explains.

    Hollywood's Most Controversial Director Oliver Stone Takes On Our Most Controversial President Richard Nixon 2008

  • Others, with less skill but just as much ambition, delivered it in four-horse loads to the traders, who in turn "boot-legged" it to whosoever would buy.

    Raw Gold A Novel Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • The dress of the Apache women consisted of a short deerskin skirt, high boot-legged moccasins, and a loose waist which extended to the hips and was worn outside the skirt.

    The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910

  • And that boot-legged booze you drink when you're out doesn't help you any.

    Children of the Whirlwind Leroy Scott 1902

  • Until recently Xbox 360 owners were able to download a firmware hack which allowed them to play backed-up games and essentially boot-legged copies of games on their game console.

    SlipperyBrick.com 2010

  • Until recently Xbox 360 owners were able to download a firmware hack which allowed them to play backed-up games and essentially boot-legged copies of games on their game console.

    SlipperyBrick.com 2010

  • Schanzmeyer boot-legged right, then cut across the field to reach the corner of the end zone on a 29-yard dash with 31 seconds to go.

    Marshall Democrat-News Headlines 2010

  • By tomorrow, however, I know that those of us who braved the cold, the crowds, the army of vendors of boot-legged Obama paraphernalia, will be glad that we saw Barack Hussein Obama Jr.

    BLACK ENTERPRISE 2009

  • The other good thing about hanging in Bangkok was we got to catch up on the latest boot-legged flicks such as The Wrestler and Gran Torino ... all made for a good cheap night out.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

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