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footy
/ˈfʊti/
noun 5adj 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
kind, kind, real
VERB + FOOTY
kicking, look, playing, sketches
FOOTY + NOUN
', drama, family, he's, molasses
PREP.
around, since
ADV.
always, especially, rather
Definitions
noun
1
Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
2
The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer.
But footy, especially this kind of footy, transcended family drama — that went without saying — so Erik Falk had of course invited his son.
3
The ball used in a game of footy.
Me and Charlie and Ben were out there one afternoon, messing around, kicking a footy and stuff, and this girl rode by.
4
A short sock.
5
A football fan.
Sam is a real footy, he's always watching it on TV and talking about it.
adj
1
Having foots (settlings).
footy oil or molasses
2
Of bad quality; mean, poor.
[N]obody wants you to shoot crooked. Take good iron to it, and not footy paving-stones.
'Those sketches look rather footy,' I said; 'but I had to put something in my notebook.'
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But footy, especially this kind of footy, transcended family drama — that went without saying — so Erik Falk had of course invited his son.
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Me and Charlie and Ben were out there one afternoon, messing around, kicking a footy and stuff, and this girl rode by.
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Sam is a real footy, he's always watching it on TV and talking about it.
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footy oil or molasses
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[N]obody wants you to shoot crooked. Take good iron to it, and not footy paving-stones.
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'Those sketches look rather footy,' I said; 'but I had to put something in my notebook.'
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