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Mike's avatar

>The definition Google served me, from Oxford Languages

Thank you for NOT saying "Google's definition is ...", an error I see all the time.

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Nancy Friedman's avatar

But of course!

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Janelle Labelle's avatar

I was in the path of totality today and it was delightful. (Oh, please notice the pun!)

About teetotal, it sounds like the word you'd use if you'd been small and heard older people talk about capital T total.

"I'll only drink water!"

"Is that all?"

"Capital T total, ma'am!"

"Put away the whisky, Albert, he's a teetotaller."

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Nancy Friedman's avatar

De-lightful indeed!

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Jonathon GREEN's avatar

Tote, the abbrev. of the gambling machine seems Australian (home of the abbrev.): https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/l567x6a

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Benjamin Dreyer's avatar

You had me at "a small dreidel-like toy."

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