boot money

British

noun

informal unofficial bonuses in the form of illegal cash payments made by a professional sports club to its players

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Example Sentences

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Then I didn’t have to touch my boot money, the money I was saving for rough times.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

I didn’t touch my boot money for there was no way of knowing how far that might have to carry me.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

Without touching my boot money, I took out two silver dollars and some change in my pocket.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

On the sofa two farmers carried on a transaction in which the swap of a colt, boot money, and luck-penny were blended into one trackless maze of astuteness and arithmetic.

From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone)

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