tottery
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tottery
Example Sentences
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Mr. Coltrane’s music finds a tottery balance in the space between free-form improvisation and pulsing, onrushing flow.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2018
There's wit, in Helena Bonham Carter's tottery impersonation of Hermione transformed into villainess Bellatrix Lestrange.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2011
Today's visitor thinks of the city as a tottery invalid, preserved by the skin of the teeth from the ravages of tide, effluent, mass sightseeing and economic slump.
From Time Magazine Archive
She looked pale, dull-eyed and tottery but presently sat up, laughed and chattered with her mother.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here the reckless hero frolicked about on his little tottery legs.
From A Study of Fairy Tales by Kready, Laura F.
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