TEETOTUMS

Noun

teetotums

plural of teetotum

Source: Wiktionary


TEETOTUM

Tee*to"tum, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

Tee-to"-tum, n. [Cf. Teetotaler.]

Definition: A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon. [Colloq. or Cant]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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