Boot Hill

English Proper noun Boot Hill en chiefly US Name used for many cemeteries in the American Old West; nickname for any cemetery. en 1919 William MacLeod Raine A Man Four-Square 13 Every few days some unfortunate was buried on Boot Hill, a victim of his own inexpertness with the six-shooter. en 23 May 2008 Gail Pennington '60s upheaval shot down Westerns http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/columnists.nsf/gailpennington/story/260E699E10D4A91A86257451005CE08E?OpenDocument St. Louis Post-Dispatch 8 June 2008 Where have all the TV Westerns gone? A genre once adored by viewers lies dead, but not forgotten, in television's Boot Hill. en cricket slang The position of short leg. Synonyms See Thesaurus:cemetery