Meaning of teetotum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
   historical
2. A working men's club conducted under religious influences, as an alternative to drinking in the saloon.
   historical

Examples

“The town awakes; the great tee-totum is set up for its daily spin and whirl; […]”

“"Are you a child or a teetotum?" the Sheep said, as she took up another pair of needles. "You'll make me giddy soon, if you go on turning round like that."”

“Ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho! ho/Time's teetotum/If you spin it/Gives it quotum...”

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