From en.wiktionary.org:
[Boots]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en]
1. [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
*** Noun
[p]
1. [en] A condom . [1]
2. * 1980 , 吴语: Black Uhuru , "Abortion", _Black Uhuru_ (re-released as _吴语: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (album)_ in 1983):
3. *: I said throw away the BOOTS , I want my little youth
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A servant at a hotel etc. who clean s and black s the boots and shoes.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1962 | translators=w:WH Auden; w:Elizabeth Mayer | author=w:JW Goethe | title=Italian Journey | publisher=Penguin | year_published=1970 | page=260
|passage=The old beggar ran up and down in his tattered toga, acting as both
BOOTS [de] and waiter.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] The ship in a fleet having the most junior captain . < !--not certain about the 1705 cite, perhaps too old-->
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1705 | title=The Life of William III, Late King of England, and Prince of Orange | page=334
|passage=[...] he sent on the 22d. Vice-Admiral _Rook_ into it, with several
Men of War and Fire-Ships, besides the BOOTS of the Fleet, to endeavour to
destroy them: [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2005 | author=Frank Wade | title=A Midshipman's War | page=115
|passage=The captain of Hotspur was Lieutenant T. Herrick, the youngest
commanding officer in all the destroyers, and says Hotspur was the “ BOOTS” of
the fleet! Being the junior ship, she was given jobs no-one wanted.}}
*** Adverb
[-]
1. [en] [en] [Used as an intensifier :] very , to a great degree ; exceptionally .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
**** Usage notes
- It can modify verbs, adjectives or nouns. Often used together with [en] (or [en] ) for further emphasis (e.g., [en] , [en] or [en] ).
*** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
*** References
References:
[1]. Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, _Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language_ , Around the Way Books (2006), [0975534254] , page 17 (see http://books.google.com/books?id=LsNdtFF7b48C&pg=PA17)
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Jamaican Creole
*** Etymology 1
From [jam].
**** Pronunciation
- [jam]
- [jam]
**** Noun
[boots]
1. [jam]
2. [jam] condom [male contraceptive]
3. * {{ quote-book | en
|author=Janelle James |isbn= |page=32 |passage=I hear some of the lyrics "Yuh
pum pum clean and ready,<br /> Suh mi dash weh di BOOTS, And mi cum inna yuh
belly<br /> Giddy up pon di cocky"<br /><br /> Wha de rass.....? [...]”
|termlang=jam |title=Emotry: Self Expression |translation=I listen to some of
the lyrics, "Your pussy is clean and ready[/perfect]. So I throw away the
CONDOM and I cum in your belly. Ride my cock. Giddy up!" What the fuck?
[...] |year=2014 }}
***** Related terms
- [jam]
*** Etymology 2
From [jam].
**** Verb
[jam-verb]
1. encourage , promote
2. * {{ quote-journal
|1=jam |author=Melville Cooke |journal=The Jamaica Gleaner |termlang=jam
|text=“An mi nah BOOTS no violence, but if it should go to one on one, if you
put me an Beenie inna de ring, take off all we jewel and put we inna two
boxing glove, mi kill him. No Rasta gyal cyaah fight de general. I don't
wanna go there. [...]” |title=Story Of The Song: Boxing a musical contender
|translation=I'm not PROMOTING any violence, but if there's ever a face off,
and you put Beenie and me in the ring, take off all our jewellery and have us
put on boxing gloves, I'll kill him. A Rasta girl can't fight the general.
Let's not go there. [...]
|url=https://www2.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120603/ent/ent4.html
|year=2012 |accessdate=11 October 2020
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618130908/https://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120603/ent/ent4.html
|archivedate=18 June 2021 }}
*** References
- [R:jam:Jamaicans]
** Swedish
*** Etymology
[sv].
*** Noun
[p]
1. [en]
**** Usage notes
The difference from [sv] is subtle. The immediate intuition is compact,
"chunky" boots, often black leather boots. _Boots_ might more often be a
fashion accessory, but is also idiomatic for certain types of boots, like
cowboy boots.
**** Derived terms
- [sv]
**** See also
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]