Sep 15, 2016 06:55
7 yrs ago
English term

was sickly to boot

Non-PRO English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings term
In other words, for half a century if not all his life, he fought against prejudice and stereotype. This was on top of the fact that he came from a hard-up family, received little formal education, was sickly to boot ( aside from poor eyesight and stuttering, he also suffered from epilepsy).

What does " was sickly to boot" mean here?
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Sep 15, 2016 08:57: Agneta Pallinder changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): acetran

Non-PRO (3): Charles Davis, Yvonne Gallagher, Agneta Pallinder

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suffered from ill health as well

"to boot" means "as well" or "also"
Peer comment(s):

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