英语词汇cooties的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cooties
词源	cooties. Our slang word cooties, for “body lice,” derives from the Malayan-Polynesian kutu, “louse,” which British sailors be- came familiar with (both word and nit) in the early years of this century.
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