Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - denver boot
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Denver boot
denver boot
noun Etymology: Denver, Colo. Date: 1968 a metal clamp that is locked onto one of the wheels of an automobile to immobilize it especially until its owner pays accumulated parking fines
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(Denver boots) A Denver boot is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The driver has to pay to have the device removed. (AM; in BRIT, use clamp, wheel clamp) N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n AmE informal a metal object that the police fasten to an illegally parked car so that it cannot be moved; wheel clamp ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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