Definitions

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  • noun An instrument for scraping mud etc. from the boots.

Etymologies

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boot +‎ scraper

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Examples

  • The one negative note in the weekend aside from not winning best of show, but that was more a bitter irony was my latest bootscraper--one of those guys who follows you around like something stuck on the bottom of your shoe.

    Archive 2004-05-01 Holly 2004

  • The one negative note in the weekend aside from not winning best of show, but that was more a bitter irony was my latest bootscraper--one of those guys who follows you around like something stuck on the bottom of your shoe.

    The Day After the Con Holly 2004

  • There's an obvious descent from the aesthetic bootscraper at the top of the hill in Dartmouth.

    British Blogs 2008

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