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BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boo...

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 240 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOOTY (apparently influenced by "
See also:
boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)
  ,
See also:
plunder or gain . The phrase " to
See also:
play booty," dating from the 16th century, means to play into a confederate's hands, or to play intentionally badly at first in order to deceive an opponent .

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