An acid-base indicator which is colorless in acid solution, but turns pink to red as the solution becomes alkaline. It is used medicinally as a cathartic.
Bootlegger
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A bootlegger is a person who sells alcohol off hours. Orriginally a bootlegger was a person who smuggled contraband onto a ship in the long boots made of waxed leather used to keep dry when entering and exiting small boats used to get to and from a ship at anchor. Contraban was hidden inside the boots in order to sneak it onto the ship.
Durring american prohibition many of todays larger beer breweries and alcohol distilleries remained active although illigally, these companies exist today because they were able to act as bootlegger and [moonshiners] during these terrible times.
Bootlegger meaning & definition 1 of Bootlegger.
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someone who makes, copies, or sells something illegally:
Bootlegger meaning & definition 2 of Bootlegger.
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A person who makes, distributes, or sells goods illegally.
Bootlegger meaning & definition 3 of Bootlegger.
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