boot money

noun

Bribes paid to rugby or soccer players.

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Meanings

nounboot money (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountablehobbiesBribes paid to rugby or soccer players.

    For years, the little tax-free extras or inducements took the form of “boot money” – a few notes left surreptitiously in a player's boot […]

    2001, Keir Radnedge, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer
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    In New Zealand and South Africa, as well as in Australia, rugby, for many years the subject of allegations of under-the-counter payments and 'boot money', now also has a central position in the professionally orientated sporting establishment.

    2000, Frank Galligan, Advanced PE for Edexcel, page 240
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