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bootee|buːˈtiː|
[A kind of diminutive of boot: see -ee.]
A trade name for: a. a kind of high-low boot for ladies; b. an infant's wool boot.
1799Aurora (Philad.) 15 Nov. (Th.), For sale, 180 pairs of bootees. 1801Spirit of Farmer's Museum 262 He is, literally, made up of marechal powder, cravat, and bootees. 1844Congress. Globe 11 Mar. 361/3 Men's boots or bootees of leather,..women's boots or bootees,..children's boots, bootees, and shoes. 1848Bartlett Dict. Amer., Bootee, dimin. of boot, a boot without a top, or a shoe made like a boot without a leg. 1848Boag Eng. Dict. 155/1 Bootee, a word sometimes used for a half or short boot. 1861Revised Regulations U.S. Army 238 Mounted men may receive one pair of ‘boots’ and two pair of ‘bootees’, instead of four pair of bootees. 1929Sears Catal. Fall 76 These bootees make a warm and cozy place to tuck little feet. |