teetotum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: teetotum	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for teetotum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): top, whirligig, teetotum, spinning top
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teetotum \Teeto"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. The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotum* nearly spent. --Dickens.