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Cootie Stark Cootie Stark (December 27, 1927 – April 14, 2005) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His best remembered recordings were "Metal Bottoms" and "Sandyland." Stark was known as the "King of the Piedmont Blues.""Doc Ro ...

(1927–2005), American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter *

Cootie Williams Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter. Biography Born in Mobile, Alabama, Williams began his professional career at the age of 14 with the Yo ...

(1911–1985), American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter

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* Cootie, a slang term for

head lice infestation Head lice infestation, also known as pediculosis capitis, is the infection of the head hair and scalp by the head louse (''Pediculus humanus capitis''). Itching from lice bites is common. During a person's first infection, the itch may not devel ...

* Cootie, an alternate name for a sideswiper manual

telegraph key A telegraph key is a specialized electrical switch used by a trained operator to transmit text messages in Morse code in a telegraphy system. Keys are used in all forms of electrical telegraph systems, including landline (also called wire) t ...

Cooter Brown Cooter Brown, sometimes given as Cootie Brown, is a name used in metaphors and similes for drunkenness, mostly in the Southern United States. According to an employee of a New Orleans oyster bar who was contacted by the ''Old Farmer's Almanac'', ...

, or Cootie Brown, a name used in metaphors and similes for drunkenness in the Southern United States

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