- a variation of cootie.
cooty
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Any garment worn close to the body gets cooty in a few weeks and has to be ditched.
From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby
If it is possible to get a louse pomade called Harrison's in this country, send it, as it is a cooty killer.
From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby
You would have cashed it fer sure this time, if it hadn't been fer a despised cooty; never again will yours truly be hard on 'em.
From Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie by Stone, Barney
So far as I know, it is the only thing sold that will do the cooty in.
From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby
There's a fortune waiting for the one who compounds a louse eradicator that will kill the cooty and not irritate or nearly kill the one who uses it.
From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby
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