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

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.

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.

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