tootsy

or toot·sie

[ toot-see ]

/ ˈtʊt si /

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noun, plural toot·sies.Slang.

a foot.

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Origin of tootsy

First recorded in 1850–55; expressive variant of footsie

Words nearby tootsy

tootle, toot one's own horn, too-too, toots, tootsie, tootsy, tootsy-wootsy, Toowoomba, top, Top 40, topagnosia

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How to use tootsy in a sentence

Then she replied, calling him sugar plum and tootsy wootsy and tiddley-winks.
Edgar Saltus: The Man|Marie Saltus
Tootsy is on a rocking-horse at L. front, with Father and Mother helping her rock it.
The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays|Walter Ben Hare
If the rocking-horses are not easy to get, Dumpling and Tootsy may be astride of sticks with horses' heads.
The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays|Walter Ben Hare
And since she's been left alone he'd been callin' reg'lar once a week, urging her to be his tootsy-wootsy No. 3.
Torchy and Vee|Sewell Ford

Well, little Tootsy, how do you like being a great, big Tootsy?
The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays|Walter Ben Hare

British Dictionary definitions for tootsy

tootsy

tootsie

/ (ˈtʊtsɪ) /

noun plural -sies

a child's word for toe

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