Oh Man! Priorities

Michael Cain in reply to Jaybird says:

My understanding of the use of the term at the time is that yes, there was more cachet. Bootleggers generally dealt in high-quality booze smuggled in — an actual bottle of Glenlivet, not a mason jar of moonshine. Bootleggers were suppliers for the well-to-do, their product line was priced out of the reach of the common man. The cartoon supports that interpretation, I think. The character has bought on credit, and is writing a check to pay the bill.

I can’t think of a corresponding role in the more contemporary drug hierarchy.Report