Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The porter or servant in a hotel who blacks the boots of guests and in some cases attends to the baggage. Formerly called a boot-catcher.
- n. In tales of Norse mythology, the youngest son of a family, always represented as especially clever and successful.
- n. A name applied to the youngest officer in a British regiment, or to the youngest member of a club, etc.
- n. The marsh-marigold, Caltha palustris.
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of boot.
- n. sports The sports shoes worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
- n. dated A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes. (takes a singular verb)
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boot.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
Examples
“My "I don't need to have a baby, I've got great boots boots*”
“This chap's boots hadn't been cleaned for days, but they were _boots_, and not holes to put your feet into, like most people wear. ”
“Burns, the State Department's senior career foreign service officer, said the United States would support a U.N. Security Council resolution that includes and goes beyond a no-fly-zone, but would stop short of what he termed "boots on the ground," or direct intervention by U.S. or other ground troops.”
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“However, I will say that a night where I have dinner with Jon Stewart (and my wife whips him in a trivia contest), and then I have sex with Carrie Fisher in a Princess Leia outfit with leather boots is a pretty good night.”
“And in this case they finally had to put what they call boots on the ground.”
“But, of course, Paula, it represents a new development in this war, what they call boots on the ground.”
“And the laced high-lows which they call their boots,”
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“Might I just buy black rain boots and put a Darth Vader decal on them?”
“The girl behind her (a brunette in boots) opens her own purse.”
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“Any of the people in that state who think they have a choice of who goes to Washington to lick Obama's boots is out of touch with reality.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘boots’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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Down on the Farm
All things farm and agriculture related.
barn, tractor, cow, hay, horse, pig, corn, plough, irrigation, subsidies, crops, plant and 260 more...
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Walking in the snow
If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain, I would suggest this other list.
snow, snotsicle, scarf, snowsuit, mittens, gloves, hat, layers, boots, eyelashes freezin..., chemical heat pack, coveralls and 31 more...
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Winter Words
Words that have to do with the Winter season.
snow, coat, hibernation, ice, christmas, cold, sleet, hail, december, january, evergreen, frost and 11 more...
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Puting my foot in it
Shoes and the like.
sneakers, loafers, flip-flops, winklepickers, pumps, gumboots, heels, boots, slippers, sandals, flats, ballet shoes and 7 more...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and ...
Words that, as I see it, have some fond connection to the Alice stories through their creation or particular use by Lewis Carroll. I mean to tie them all together with contexty comments!
alice, daisy-chain, white rabbit, waistcoat-pocket, rabbit-hole, marmalade, antipathy, antipode, curtsey, dinah, tea-time, rat-hole and 232 more...
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miltonic
liberty, froth-becurlèd, host, huge-bellied, aghast, rills, gladsom, wrathfull, ordain, thunder-clasping, ruddy, warble and 264 more...
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Jacqueline's Words
glittery, horny, amazing, wanderlust, forlorn, lustily, nonchalant, cool, passive, submissive, roundabout, carousel and 558 more...
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Doctor Faustus
Various words from the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Good Angel, Bad Angel, pride, covetousness, envy, wrath, gluttony, sloth, lechery, vintner, horse-courser, Helen of Troy and 148 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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whaling terms
Terms defined in the glossary of Clifford W. Ashley's "Yankee Whaler".
advance, adze, after house, after oar, agent, air up, alow, ambergris, apeak, article, away, bailer and 299 more...
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HorsesintheSouth
Words pertaining to horses, equines, equestrians
horse, equine, equestrian, dressage, hunter, jumper, puissance, capriole, sidepass, levade, augurian, coop and 296 more...
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A Dalliance of Dahlias
For more flower fun, see these lists:
Rose words by mollusque
Rose varieties by mollusque
Tulip Names I
Tulip Names II: You Know My Name
A Myriad of Iriia la mode, ace o' hearts, acclimation, adhesion, admirable, adorable you, advance, affirmed, after glow, agricola, alabama melody, alabaster queen and 1152 more...
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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B is for Blue Canary
My B Words
bugbear, bette davis eyes, backstroke, barney, babushka, babycakes, backscratcher, bad news bears, balderdash, ballyhoo, baloney, bamboozle and 150 more...
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sakura's soul
boots, lap, friday, smile, skirt, gaiden, genki, rock, spontaneous stupi..., broken heart, numb, friend and 2 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for boots.
ruzuzu "What boots it then to think on God or heaven?"
- Christopher Marlowe, 'Doctor Faustus'
Compare avails. May 23, 2010
brtom Alas! What boots it with uncessant care
To tend the homely slighted Shepherds trade ...
Milton, Lycidas Dec 15, 2006