3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 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}]
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