buttlegging
buttlegging
The purchase and conveyance of cigarettes, typically from a place where they are taxed less. A pun on the word "bootlegging," with "butt" being a reference to cigarette butts. Oh, buttlegging is the only way I can afford cigarettes these days, now that taxes in our area are so high!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
buttlegging
(ˈbətlɛgɪŋ) n. the transportation of untaxed or undertaxed cigarettes across a state line. (see also bootleg.) Most of the guys at the plant do buttlegging on the way home from work.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- legging
- get your butt over here
- Get your butt over here!
- butt in
- can’t find one’s butt with both hands
- can't find (one's) butt with both hands
- can't find butt with both hands
- I've seen better heads on nickel beers
- play on words
- a play on words