tot1
¦ noun
1. a very young child.
2. chiefly Brit. a small drink of spirits.
Origin
C18 (orig. dialect): of unknown origin.
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tot2
¦ verb (tots, totting, totted) (tot something up) chiefly Brit.
1. add up numbers or amounts.
2. accumulate something over time.
Origin
C18: from archaic
tot 'set of figures to be added
up', abbrev. of
total or of L.
totum 'the whole'.
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tot3
¦ verb (tots, totting, totted) [usu. as noun totting] Brit. informal salvage saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.
Derivatives
totter noun
Origin
C19: from sl. tot 'bone', of unknown origin.