tootsy-wootsy

American  

[toot-see-woot-see] / ˈtʊt siˈwʊt si /

noun

Slang.

plural

tootsy-wootsies

1. tootsie.

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Etymology

Origin of tootsy-wootsy

First recorded in 1895–1900; reduplication of tootsy

Example Sentences

As for Lady Lytton herself, one cares to know little more than that she could have married a man who habitually addressed her as his "sugar-plum," his "tootsy-wootsy," and his "sweety-weety."

From Project Gutenberg

Lily Pearl, "Tootsy-wootsy," as her companions had dubbed her, roomed with Helen Gwendolyn Doolittle, "Cutie," and a sweet, sentimental pair they made, though Helen spent every possible moment with the latest object of her adoration, Stella Drummond, for whom she had instantly conceived an overwhelming infatuation; a pronounced school-girl "crush."

From Project Gutenberg

He blushed to the roots of his hair on being called "Baby," "Mamma's Boy," "Little Tootsy-Wootsy," and other names of the sort applied to him by the cadets.

From Project Gutenberg

You little tootsy-wootsy, deary things.

From Project Gutenberg

Just then the living skeleton came in, and when he saw the fat woman sitting on the floor crying, and pa talking soothing to her and telling her he could appreciate her condition, 'cause he had been in love some hisself, the skeleton pushed pa away and tried to lift it, and said: "What is the matter with my itty tootsy-wootsy, and what has the bad old man with spinach on his chin been doing to you?"

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