totty
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of totty
C19: diminutive of tot 1
Example Sentences
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I ate, drank, and was invigorated; when, to add to my good luck, the Sacristan, too totty to discharge his duty of turnkey fitly, locked the door beside the staple, so that it fell ajar.
From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir
Nay, nay, your head I can see is still totty, and i' faith little head would you have, had your bassinet not stood your friend.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
By God!" thought he, "all wrong I have misgone: My head is *totty of my swink* to-night, *giddy from my labour* That maketh me that I go not aright.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
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