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Bootikin

Bootikin \Boot"i*kin\, n. [Boot + -kin.]

  1. A little boot, legging, or gaiter.

  2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
    --H. Walpole.

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bootikin

n. 1 (context obsolete English) A small boot or gaiter. 2 (context obsolete English) The boot (torture device). 3 A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.

Usage examples of "bootikin".

I am sure that in summer he certainly went around in bright prunella bootikins with mother-of-pearl buttons at the side.