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Meaning of Boot Hill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Name used for many cemeteries in the American Old West; nickname for any cemetery.
    US
  2. The position of short leg.
    slang

Examples

“Every few days some unfortunate was buried on Boot Hill, a victim of his own inexpertness with the six-shooter.”
“Where have all the TV Westerns gone? A genre once adored by viewers lies dead, but not forgotten, in television's Boot Hill.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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