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tootsy-wootsy

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

noun, plural toot·sy-woot·sies.Slang.

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Origin of tootsy-wootsy

First recorded in 1895–1900; reduplication of tootsy

Words nearby tootsy-wootsy

toot one's own horn, too-too, toots, tootsie, tootsy, tootsy-wootsy, Toowoomba, top, Top 40, topagnosia, topagnosis
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Example sentences from the Web for tootsy-wootsy

  • 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.

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