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
I am growing very tottery and had considerable difficulty in dressing this a. m.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the foreground, in the paddock by the barn, was Mab, full of pretty anxieties for the early spring foal that staggered about her on tottery legs.
From Burning Daylight by Jack London
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