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buttlegging, n. N. Amer. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈbʌtˌlɛgɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈbətˌlɛgɪŋ|
[Alteration of boot-legging n. at boot-leg n. Derivatives after butt n.3 Compare earlier buttlegger n.]
The illicit trade in cigarettes; cigarette smuggling.
1966N.Y. Times 1 May iv. 10/6 Taxby has sworn to give up buttlegging. 1981Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 89 1014 Two effects, related to illegal arbitrage (‘buttlegging’), may generate a relationship between tax rates and the average price net of taxes. 1996J. F. Zimmerman Interstate Relations ix. 167 The buttlegging problem could be solved if states levied a uniform cigarette excise tax. |