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buttlegging Theme: CRIME n. the transportation of untaxed or undertaxed cigarettes across a state line. (Patterned on “bootlegging.”)There's another news story about buttlegging in northern Indiana tonight.Most of the guys at the plant do buttlegging on the way home from work.
buttlegging noun the smuggling of cigarettes from states with low or no cigarette taxes to states with high taxes US, 1977
buttleggingThe purchase and conveyance of cigarettes, typically from a place where they are taxed less. A pun on the word "bootlegging"; "butt" is a reference to cigarette butts. Oh, buttlegging is the only way I can afford cigarettes these days, now that taxes in our area are so high! buttlegging (ˈbətlɛgɪŋ) n. the transportation of untaxed or undertaxed cigarettes across a state line. (see also bootleg.) Most of the guys at the plant do buttlegging on the way home from work. |