Definitionn. a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
Last update: July 15, 2015
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There seems no doubt that the word, whatever its actual origin, is a strengthened form of "total," probably influenced by "teetotum" (q.v.). [Please select]
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Tam's a humorist and great on Robert Burns, but he hasna the balance o' a dwinin' teetotum. [Please select]
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We watched him spin round like a teetotum and kenned that he was bye with it. [Please select]
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A fellow must have some reward for making a teetotum of himself. [Please select]
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For the remainder of the evening she sat apart by the fire, while her children gambled for crack-nuts, young Petey having made a teetotum for Tommy and taught him what the letters on it meant. [Please select]
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As he spoke, the boat swept round into a sort of cross-current among the waves, where an object resembling a man was observed spinning slowly round like a lazy teetotum. [Please select]
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