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footy

[ foo-tee ]

adjective

Northern British Dialect.
footier, footiest.
  1. poor; worthless; paltry.


footy

/ ˈʊɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    1. football
    2. ( as modifier )

      footy boots

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of footy1

1740–50; variant of foughty musty; compare Old English ū moist, damp (cognate with German feucht ); -y 1
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Example Sentences

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"If you go to say a Wales football game, you'll see hundreds of 1994 shirts and 95% of those are going to be fake," said Wales footy fan Daniel, who runs of Cardiff Classic Shirts.

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"There was a footy match on the telly and he suddenly jumped up and disappeared upstairs where he had a little four-track studio," Ridgeley told BBC News.

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“At the end of the day, it is just a game of footy,” he said last month of the prospect of making his union return in the Test arena.

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“We’re not professional footballers. We just love footy,” says Shen Yang.

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"I know once I finish here I will be straight into it. Footy is footy. It's a footy ball at the end of the day. It's just about playing."

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