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>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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But of course!

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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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De-lightful indeed!

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

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

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