bootee
See also: booteé
English
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From boot + -ee (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bootee (plural bootees)
- A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
- Take off the baby's bootees before you put her in the crib.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
- A thick sock worn under a wetsuit.
- An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.
- Coordinate term: slipper
- Surgeons often slip on bootees before entering the operating room.
- 2017 December 23, Candace Jackson, “Who Wants to Buy the Most Expensive House in America?”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Just above the Sunset Strip, construction workers in white bootees were putting the final touches on another home — a 14,000-square-foot house that Mr. Niami is building for himself.
Derived terms
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[edit]a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet
shoe cover
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Spanish
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[edit]bootee
- inflection of bootear:
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