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threeamp | 09:06 Mon 14th May 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the meaning of the saying "Fill your boots"
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It almost certainly dates back to the days when a victorious army would plunder the places they had recently attacked and defeated. Obviously, the soldiers would stuff their pockets, bags or whatever and then - so as not to miss anything - even their boots. Soldiers - particularly cavalrymen - in past times often wore thigh-length boots which were quite roomy! That's why we have the modern sense of "take full advantage" when we use the saying.
It is attributable to the late 19th century to gold seekers and a very bad dose of dissentry that was going about at the time

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