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In some senses, tottle is marked as archaic, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
fine, foul
PREP.
in, up
verb
To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner.
I should not, however, so much mind if this folly [of giving children poetic names] were comprised in that domain of cold gentility, to which affectation usually confines itself. One does not regard seeing Miss Arabella seated at the piano, or her little sister Leonora tottling across the carpet to show her new pink shoes. That is in the usual course of events.
verb
To add up; to sum to a total.
It may be that the days o' fine follow ane anither fast; or that the foul times linger likewise. But in the end, the figures of fine and foul tottle up, in accord wi' their ordered sum.
noun
A container, generally of plastic, which is not a simple tube and which is kept with its cap down.
I should not, however, so much mind if this folly [of giving children poetic names] were comprised in that domain of cold gentility, to which affectation usually confines itself. One does not regard s
WiktionaryIt may be that the days o' fine follow ane anither fast; or that the foul times linger likewise. But in the end, the figures of fine and foul tottle up, in accord wi' their ordered sum.
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In some senses, tottle is marked as archaic, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.