teetotum

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8

Definition of teetotum

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
    “The town awakes; the great tee-totum is set up for its daily spin and whirl; […]”
    “"Are you a child or a teetotum?" the Sheep said, as she took up another pair of needles. "You'll make me giddy soon, if you go on turning round like that."”
    “Ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho/Time's teetotum/If you spin it/Gives it quotum...”
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noun

  1. (historical)A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
    “The town awakes; the great tee-totum is set up for its daily spin and whirl; […]”
    “"Are you a child or a teetotum?" the Sheep said, as she took up another pair of needles. "You'll make me giddy soon, if you go on turning round like that."”
    “Ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho/Time's teetotum/If you spin it/Gives it quotum...”
  2. (historical)A working men's club conducted under religious influences, as an alternative to drinking in the saloon.

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Etymology

From Latin totum (“all”), marked by a T on one of the four sides.

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