Associations to the word «Teetotum»
Wiktionary
TEETOTUM, noun. (historical) A toy (top) similar to a dreidel.
TEETOTUM, noun. (historical) A working men's club conducted under religious influences, as an alternative to drinking in the saloon.
Dictionary definition
TEETOTUM, noun. A conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.