boot hill
[noun]
Synonyms: cemetery, boneyard, burial ground, burying ground, God's acre, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis, polyandrium, potter's field

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Boot Hill noun

1. (in the Wild West) a place where people are buried
   CultureOne of the best known is at Tombstone, Arizona. The name comes from the idea that many people were buried in the boots they were wearing when they were killed.

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boot hill
n. A cemetery in the old Wild West where cowboys and cops and robbers used to be buried with their boots on. Hence, jokingly, any cemetery.
Good old Joe, the cowboy, is resting comfortably in the nearby boot hill.

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