bovver boots

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British slang heavy boots worn by some teenage youths in Britain, used in gang fights

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bovine growth hormone, bovine somatotrophin, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Bovril, bovver, bovver boots, bow, bow and scrape, bow back, Bow bells, bow collector

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How to use bovver boots in a sentence

If anything demonstrates the power of comedy to make dictators quake in their boots, it is the events of the past few days.
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Sometimes there would be caricatures in which his body was swallowed up by his boots.
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For the next hour, she verbally humiliated him while he licked her boots and feet until they were completely cleaned.
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Under the table, I could see that his combat boots were actually black sneakers, frayed at the seams.
Local Truces Are Syria’s Sad Little Pieces of Peace|Joshua Hersh|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Have you met the lumbersexual: all beards, flannel shirts, and work boots?
How Straight World Stole ‘Gay’: The Last Gasp of the ‘Lumbersexual’|Tim Teeman|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"I bought them boots to wear only when I go into genteel society," said one of the codfish tribe, to a wag, the other day.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Isaac Bolum had fixed himself comfortably on two legs of his chair, with the projecting soles of his boots caught behind the rung.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Tip wore leaky boots all last winter, but when spring came he bought Mrs. Pulsifer a sewing machine.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
When the first sunbeam gleamed through the window of Bat's tiny kitchen, I arose, pulled on my boots and went to feed my horse.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
She wore soiled Burberry, high-legged tan boots, and a peaked cap of distinctly military appearance.
Dope|Sax Rohmer