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teetotum |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotum nearly spent. --Dickens. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: teetotum n : a conical child's toy tapering to a steel-shod point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday" [syn: {top}, {whirligig}, {spinning top}]
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