Synonyms for cootie

Grammar : Noun

Spell : koo-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈku ti

Top 10 synonyms for cootie

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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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