In case selchie is a bit busy for a few days to reply ...

I have an American dictionary and we have:-

cootie - [i]slang - [/i A body louse (from the Indonesian kutu, parasitic insect).

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I would of thought cooties meant 'bits of food'. We wait to hear from you, selchie!

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