bootery

boot·ery
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/ˈbuːtəɹi/

noun

A shop selling boots.

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Meanings

nounbootery (plural booteries)

plural booteries · alternative booterie

  1. A shop selling boots.

    When the final climax came with the front of Holman's bootery broken out and the party trying on the shoes in the display window only Gay didn't hear the fire whistle.

    1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row

Origin

From boot + -ery.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bootery

fruiteryrooteryshooterytutory
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Cite this entry
APA

bootery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootery

MLA

“bootery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bootery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootery.

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