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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those
of a teetotum nearly spent. --Dickens.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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) 2.0 : [ wn ]
teetotum
n : a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel 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]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
teetotum
n.
(lb en historical) A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
n.
(lb en historical) A working men's club conducted under religious
influences, as an alternative to drinking in the saloon.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
teetotum
n.
(lb en historical) A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
n.
(lb en historical) A working men's club conducted under religious
influences, as an alternative to drinking in the saloon.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
teetotum
n.
(lb en historical) A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
n.
(lb en historical) A working men's club conducted under religious
influences, as an alternative to drinking in the saloon.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
teetotum
n.
(lb en historical) A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
n.
(lb en historical) A working men's club conducted under religious
influences, as an alternative to drinking in the saloon.
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
teetotum /tˈiːtɒtəm/
1. pörgettyûjáték
2. pörgettyû
3. négyoldalú pörgettyû
From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]
teetotum /tiːtoutəm/
a‐al‐tolletje
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
teetotum /tˈiːtɒtəm/
1. kumar kabilinden topaç çevirme oyunu
2. el ile çevrilen topaç.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 四方陀螺,手转陀螺;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 四方陀螺,手转陀螺
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