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[ noun ] goods or money obtained illegally

Used in print

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

In a similar vein , but writing from the opposite side , Thomas_Taylor , a private in the 6_th Alabama_Volunteers , in a letter to his wife , stated : `` You know that my heart is with you but I never could have been satisfied to have staid at home when my country is invaded by a thievin foe By a set of cowardly Skunks whose Motto is Booty .

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