bootery

[ boo-tuh-ree ]

noun

, plural boot·er·ies.

1. a store selling boots, boot, boots, shoes, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bootery¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; boot ¹ + -ery

Example Sentences

“One of the most interesting collections is one that might be called the bootery,” wrote a Star reporter.

From Washington Post

When the final climax came with the front of Holman’s bootery broken out and the party trying on the shoes in the display window only Gay didn’t hear the fire whistle.

From Literature

His parents eventually changed the address to Edison Park and the business to shoe sales, opening Krause's Bootery on Northwest Highway, where it sat for about 30 years.

From Chicago Tribune

A shoe worn by the world’s tallest man at Al’s Bootery in Billings, Mont. Ever get to the end of a road trip and realize you were just a few miles away from the shoe of the world’s tallest man but you missed it?

From New York Times

They bought shoes at a fashionable bootery, charged them to President Lincoln.

From Time Magazine Archive