BOOTJACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bootjack mean? 

• BOOTJACK (noun)
  The noun BOOTJACK has 1 sense:

1. has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots

  Familiarity information: BOOTJACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOOTJACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bootjack" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

 Context examples 

I could have thrown my bootjack at him (it lay ready on the rug), for having entrapped me into the disclosure of anything concerning Agnes, however immaterial.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Later in the evening, when his mind had been set at rest about the bootjack, Laurie said suddenly to his wife, "Mrs. Laurence."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Come home, dear, and I'll find your bootjack.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)