footie

[ foot-ee ]

/ ˈfʊt i /

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noun Informal.

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Words nearby footie

footframe, footgear, Foot Guards, foothill, foothold, footie, foot in both camps, have a, footing, footing piece, foot-in-mouth, foot-in-mouth disease

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How to use footie in a sentence

In 2010, the then-president showed off his moves in a friendly international footie match with Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales.
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I would tell him how many "footie" and how many "inchie" the measurement proved to be.
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British Dictionary definitions for footie

footie

/ (ˈfʊtɪ) /

noun

a variant spelling of footy

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