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  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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