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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tee-to-tum \Tee-to"-tum\, noun [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\, noun [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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: 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}, {teetotum}, {spinning top}]
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