patootie
| Main Entry: | patootie |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | sweetheart |
| Etymology: | perhaps corruption of potato |
| Usage: | slang, often used with 'sweet' |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
patootie
"sweetheart, pretty girl," colloquial Amer.Eng., 1921, perhaps a corruption of potato (esp. sweet potato).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Patootie
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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