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bootneck

noun

Etymology

From boot + neck.

  1. derived from *knog-✻
  2. inherited from *hnakkô✻ — “nape, neck”
  3. inherited from hnecca
  4. inherited from nekke
  5. compounded as bootneck — “boot + neck”

Definitions

  1. A member of the Royal Marines.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA