Bootle

[ boot-l ]

/ ˈbut l /

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noun

a city in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.

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Words nearby Bootle

booting, bootjack, bootlace, bootlace fungus, bootlace worm, Bootle, bootleg, bootlegged, bootlegger, bootleg play, bootless

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How to use Bootle in a sentence

The yield of the Bootle well in 1865 was 643,678 gallons a day.
Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells|Ernest Spon
Bootle possessed the great and glorious faculty of accuracy!
My Little Sister|Elizabeth Robins
"I shouldn't have said Bootle was the least like you," Eric said, with a deadly suavity.
My Little Sister|Elizabeth Robins
I have seen wild roses growing upon the very ground that is now the centre of the borough of Bootle.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3)|John Morley

Farther north was a large fort of some thirty guns, and halfway towards Bootle, a smaller one with nine.
Liverpool a few years since|James Aspinall

British Dictionary definitions for Bootle

Bootle

/ (ˈbuːtəl) /

noun

a port in NW England, in Sefton unitary authority, Merseyside; on the River Mersey adjoining Liverpool. Pop: 59 123 (2001)

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