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footie

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foot⋅ie

[foot-ee]
–noun Informal.
footsie.

foot⋅sie

[foot-see]
–noun Informal.
1. Sometimes, footsies. the act of flirting or sharing a surreptitious intimacy.
2. play footsie or footsies with,
a. to flirt with, esp. by clandestinely touching someone's foot or leg; be slyly or furtively intimate with.
b. to seek advantage from, esp. by discreet or stealthy means; curry favor with.
Also, footsy, footie.


Origin:
1930–35; foot + -sie, sp. var. of -sy
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Word Origin & History

footsie 
"amorous play with the feet" [OED], 1944, from foot.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

Footsie

See FTSE 100 Index.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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