Lexicographical Neighbors of Footsy
Literary usage of Footsy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"... gem which is known in every land as "The Young Mother's Apostrophe to Her
Infant," beginning: "Fie! fie! oo itty bitty pooty sing! To poke oo footsy- ..."
2. Bill Arp: From the Uncivil War to Date. 1861-1903 by Bill Arp (1903)
"For she says, "turn here to its dand- mudder," and "bess its 'ittle heart," and
talks about its sweet little footsy-tootsies, and holds it up to the window ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"And stew the fat of a brindle cat, And say this o'er and o'er :— Coi ney ! morny !
bladey ! dead ! Gorey ! sorey ! rusty ! red ! footsy ! pulsy ! floory ..."
4. A Book of Verses by Robert Loveman (1900)
"Bless his little footsy feet, Aint he cute, and aint he sweet ? See him fold his
tiny fists, Creased and wrinkled ..."
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