boot
/but/ noun C2- Profit, plunder.
- That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
Plural boots
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“And look at this!” He held the lamp down and illuminated a smudge of blood like the mark of a boot-sole upon the wooden sill.
By a man’s finger nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boot, by his trouser knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by his shirt cuffs—by each of these things a man’s calling is plainly revealed.
Next instant I spotted a boot under the window curtain, and then I saw why plain enough.
He struck a match on his boot and held it up against the wall.
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