Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

order of the boot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: or-der of the -boot
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Humorous; Informal

Example Sentences

"I have been talking to Pasley . . . He was at the same school with Alec Waugh and confirms the story of his getting the order of the boot."
"The Hon. Mr. SULLIVAN said, what did J. A. Lee get? He got the “order of the boot", as also did Mr. Barnard, because he would not agree with some of the doings of the Labour party."
"Freedom has come to Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union has shriveled as a world power, the people of Nicaragua have given Danny Ortega the Order of the Boot, and all because of us and our brave revival of the Red Scare."

Etymology

An allusion to orders such as the Order of the Garter, and the phrase get the boot.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the order of the boot (canonical)

Questions

What does order of the boot mean?: Dismissal.
Where does order of the boot come from?: An allusion to orders such as the Order of the Garter, and the phrase get the boot.

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