Synonyms for cootie


Grammar : Noun
Spell : koo-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈku ti

Top 10 synonyms for cootie Other synonyms for the word cootie

Définition of cootie

Origin :
  • "body lice," 1917, British World War I slang, earlier in nautical use, said to be from Malay kutu "dog tick."
  • As in insect : noun bug
  • As in bug : noun insect
  • As in louse : noun bad person
Example sentences :
  • But the cootie in the front line trenches was not altogether an enemy.
  • Extract from : « In the Flash Ranging Service » by Edward Alva Trueblood
  • They found that the underwear was indeed death to the cootie.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
  • There I made my first acquaintance with the now justly famous "cootie."
  • Extract from : « Average Americans » by Theodore Roosevelt
  • The worst thing about the cootie is that there is no remedy for him.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • He wasn't called a cootie aboard ship, but he was the same bird.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • Some of the cootie stories have become classical, like this one which was told from the North Sea to the Swiss border.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • Just as he stooped, a shell whizzed over where his head would have been if he had not gone after the cootie.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • A soldier was going over the top when one of his cootie friends bit him on the calf.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • The tale is even told of cootie fights during long, rainy winter evenings which must be spent indoors.
  • Extract from : « Down the Mother Lode » by Vivia Hemphill
  • The cootie, or the "chat" as he is called by the officers, is the common body louse.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
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