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teetotum
[ tee-toh-tuhm ]
noun
- any small top spun with the fingers.
- a kind of die having four sides, each marked with a different initial letter, spun with the fingers in an old game of chance.
teetotum
/ ³Ù¾±Ëˈ³Ùəʊ³ÙÉ™³¾ /
noun
- a spinning top bearing letters of the alphabet on its four sides
- such a top used as a die in gambling games
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of teetotum1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of teetotum1
Example Sentences
Seizing The Youngster by the shoulder, he spun him round like a teetotum, and was going to box his ears, when Katy cried out, "Oh, don't!" and saved that young gentleman's skin for the present.
It spun round and round like a teetotum, then fell over to one side with a crash.
The bow is caught by the current and the steamer then rapidly "spun round" by its swiftness, almost as though on a teetotum, the engines meanwhile backing up.
Quiet work this, none of your spasmodic Waltzes, kicking Polkas, and teetotum jigmarigs.
As this command came from the long, thin man--he had apparently changed his mind about being looked in the face--Bertie turned with the celerity with which a teetotum turns.
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