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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
teetotum n 1: a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday" [syn: top, whirligig, teetotum, spinning top] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Teetotum \Tee*to"tum\, n. [For T-totum. It was used for playing games of chance, and was four-sided, one side having the letter T on it, standing for Latin totum all, meaning, take all that is staked, whence the name. The other three sides each had a letter indicating an English or Latin word; as P meaning put down, N nothing or L. nil, H half. See Total.] A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers. [1913 Webster] The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotum nearly spent. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Tee-to-tum \Tee-to"-tum\, n. [Cf. Teetotaler.] A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon. [Colloq. or Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] | ||
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