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Teetotum

noun
1.
A conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin.  Synonyms: spinning top, top, whirligig.





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"Teetotum" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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 ...
— Lotus Buds • Amy Carmichael


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


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