tootsy
Americannoun
plural
tootsiesnoun
Etymology
Origin of tootsy
First recorded in 1850–55; expressive variant of footsie ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Then she replied, calling him sugar plum and tootsy wootsy and tiddley-winks.
From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Saltus, Marie
Ah, say, reverse English on the tootsy business!" says I. "This ain't any heart-throb matinee.
From Torchy by Brehm, George
No girl had ever called him her "snooky ookums," and he had never had the opportunity of calling any fair vision his "tootsy wootsy."
From Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope by Cumming, R. D. (Robert Dalziel)
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