Meanings
proper noun
- USName used for many cemeteries in the American Old West; nickname for any cemetery.
Every few days some unfortunate was buried on Boot Hill, a victim of his own inexpertness with the six-shooter.
1919, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 13, in A Man Four-Square1 more example
Where have all the TV Westerns gone? A genre once adored by viewers lies dead, but not forgotten, in television's Boot Hill.
2008 May 23, Gail Pennington, “'60s upheaval shot down Westerns”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, retrieved 08 Jun 2008Synonyms: cemetery
- slangball gamesThe position of short leg.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounName used for many cemeteries in the American Old West; nickname for any cemetery.
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Boot Hill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boot%20Hill
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“Boot Hill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boot%20Hill. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Boot Hill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boot%20Hill.
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