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bootie en · NOUN · etymology 1

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of bootee.
   alt of bootee

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bootie en · NOUN · etymology 2

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1. (alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete form of booty (“treasure”).
   alt of booty
   • 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 […] 1876, Publications, London, England: New Shakspere Society, page 169:

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bootie en · NOUN · etymology 3

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

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