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Denver boot

noun

boot¹ (def. 12)

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Origin:
after Denver, Colorado, one of the first large communities to adopt the device

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Denver boot

—n
	a slang name for wheel clamp

[C20: from Denver, Colorado, where the device was first used]

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Main Entry:	Denver boot
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	See wheel clamp

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