Bootle

[boot-l]

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for bootle

Historical Examples of bootle

Mr. Bootle said in his letter to you that he was coming for his answer, and I see what answer you have given him.
Happy Days
Alan Alexander Milne
There are other instances of the same kind in Bootle Street.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)
Charles Creighton
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

British Dictionary definitions for bootle

Bootle

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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