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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: teetotum (0.00777 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to teetotum.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: teetotum
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
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Teetotum
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]
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