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> I'm on the West Coast, and I haven't a clue what "boot" means with respect to a car, unless I feel like kicking it.
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The boot is the ... um. I just realised how hard it is to describe something when you're only aware of one possible word for it. It's the big hole with a lid on it, at the back of the car, wherein you put things like suitcases. What on earth do they call it where you come from?