footer

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footer1 /ˈfʊtə/

▶noun

• 1 [in combination] a person or thing of a specified number of feet in length or height: a six-footer.

  ■ a kick of a football performed with a specified foot: a low left-footer.

• 2 variant of footy.

• 3 a line or block of text appearing at the foot of each page of a book or document.

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footer2 /ˈfuːtə/

▶verb Scottish fiddle about.

– origin C18: var. of obs. foutre ‘valueless thing, contemptible person’, from OFr.

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footy /ˈfʊti/ (also footie or footer)

▶noun Brit. informal term for football (sense 1)). ■Austral./NZ informal term for rugby.