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Teetotum   Listen
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Teetotum  n.  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."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Teetotum" Quotes from Famous Books



... wall-texts and those wonders we know as works of Pure Thought. Let us remember all the noble volumes of philosophy and metaphysics we ought to have read, to learn how wonderfully far our brains have taken us beyond the relic of Piltdown; and then recall what Ypres was like, and buy a teetotum instead. That much is saved. Now we need not read them. If we feel ourselves weakening towards such idleness, let us spin tops. If we had to choose between Garvice and say Hegel or Locke for a niche ...
— Waiting for Daylight • Henry Major Tomlinson

... giddy waltz till the coil untwists itself. This looks dangerous, and when the game was first invented we rather demurred. But we are wiser now, and we let them spin. Lulla especially enjoys this madness. It is startling to see the tiny thing whirl like a reckless young teetotum. But if you weakly interfere, Lulla thinks you want to learn the art, and goes at it with even madder zest, till her ...
— Lotus Buds • Amy Carmichael



Words linked to "Teetotum" :   peg top, spinning top, toy, plaything, top, whipping top, whip top, humming top, whirligig



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