bootie

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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bootie (plural booties)

  1. Alternative spelling of bootee
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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bootie (countable and uncountable, plural booties)

  1. Obsolete form of booty (“treasure”).
    • 1876, New Shakspere Society (London, England), Publications (page 169)
      A Sea Soldier is certaine of victuals and wages, where the Land Soldiers pay will hardly find him sustenance. A Sea Soldier may now and than chaunce to haue a snapp at a bootie or a price, which may in an instant make him a fortune […]

Etymology 3

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bootie (plural booties)

  1. (UK, military, slang, obsolete) A soldier.
    • 1982, Sunday Best, volume 2, page 34:
      […] and buried where he fell, was disinterred by a 'Bootie' who wanted to photograph him for his album.
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