footer

footer [foo t-er] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. British Informal.
   1. Rugby(def 3).
   2. soccer.
2. a person or thing having or associated with a height or length of a foot or a specified number of feet (often used in combination): a six-footer.
3. Computers. a line of information placed at the end of a page for purposes of identification.
4. Archaic. a person who walks; walker; pedestrian.

Origin of footer First recorded in 1600–10; foot + -er1 Examples from the Web for footer Historical Examples of footer

Aren’t you the oul’ footer to be lettin’ it slip down like that?

Changing Winds

St. John G. Ervine

Not that footer is the most important thing in a man’s life.

War Letters of a Public-School Boy

Paul Jones.

They knew, too, that footer and cricket and swimming were forbidden to him.

King of Ranleigh

F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton

He played wing three for them at footer against us this year on their ground.

Mike

P. G. Wodehouse

Did you send me a letter about not giving Barry his footer colours?

The Gold Bat

P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for footer footer 1 noun

1. archaic a person who goes on foot; walker
2. (in combination) a person or thing of a specified length or height in feeta six-footer

footer 2 noun

1. British informal short for football (def. 1)

footer 3fouter Scot verb (intr)

1. to potter; occupy oneself trivially or to little effect

noun

2. a person who footers

Word Origin for footer perhaps from French foutre; see footle Word Origin and History for footer n.

c.1600, “pedestrian;” 1781, “a kick at football;” 1863, British student slang, “the game of football;” see foot (n.), football, -er.