tootsy-wootsy

American

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

noun

Slang.

tootsie.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

tootsy-wootsies

plural

Etymology

Origin of tootsy-wootsy

First recorded in 1895–1900; reduplication of tootsy

Example Sentences

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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 Home Life of Great Authors by Griswold, Hattie Tyng

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