Bootleg
来自Big Physics
Safin（讨论 | 贡献）2022年4月28日 (四) 08:52的版本 （建立内容为“Category:etymology == wiktionary == [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bootleg ref] boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in [https://en.wik…”的新页面）
wiktionary
boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.
etymonline
bootleg (n.)
also boot-leg, "upper part of the leg of a boot," 1630s, from boot (n.1) + leg (n.). As an adjective in reference to illegal liquor, 1889, American English slang, from the trick of concealing a flask of liquor down the leg of a high boot. Before that the bootleg was the place to secret knives and pistols. Extended to unauthorized music recordings, etc., by 1957.
