tot
noun
a small child.
were totting
-
past progressiveof tot.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Before the radio began reporting returns, before the platoons of international observers were totting up their "quick counts" and the battalions of reporters were frantically calling in the news, the word had spread across Managua.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had retired hastily to it on the unexpected entrance of Mr. Ridding, and pen in hand was endeavouring to look as if she were totting up figures.
From Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth
"You were totting up your virtues then?" he pursued.
From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke
