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tootsy, tootsy-wootsy
1. A playful or endearing name for a child's or a woman's small foot. Cf. footsy. colloq.
1854Thackeray Rose & Ring xi, As for the shoe, what was she to do with one poor little tootsey sandal? 1865E. C. Clayton Cruel Fortune III. 90 His poor little tootsies peeping out from the tips of his boots. 1897Gunter Susan Turnbull v, Yer [a young lady of 19]..little tootsy-wootsies will be as safe as if they were tucked in yer little cot bed upstairs. 1906C. Mansfield Girl & Gods xii, But if you are walking along a muddy road with old shoes on, all the idealistic thought in the world won't keep the damp away from your poor tootsies.
2. Also tootsie, tootsey-wootsey, tootsie-wootsie, etc. A woman, a girl; a sweetheart; occas. applied to a male lover. Freq. as a familiar form of address. slang (chiefly U.S.).
1895W. Stevens Let. 23 July (1967) 6, I can be your own dearest tootsey wootsey. 1901‘H. McHugh’ John Henry 88 One of the kind that's anxious to lead you away from your own tootsie-wootsie, in the hope that you may have a spare bunch of sweet talk you can hand her on the quiet. 1905E. M. Forster Purple Envelope in Life to Come (1972) 48 ‘Well, she's not my idea of a tootsy!’ said Howard, and clenched his criticism by a coarse and vapid jest. 1920D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl vi. 114 Underneath the oak-tree nice and shady Calling me your tootsey-wootsey lady? 1930Sat. Even. Post 5 Apr. 72/4 ‘Hello, tootsie,’ Rusty Charley says. 1938‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts ii. 23 The future Mrs. Butcher wouldn't throw her tootsie, would she? 1952B. Wolfe Limbo xvi. 239 ‘What's the matter, tootsie?’ she whispered. 1952Sat. Even. Post 1 Mar. 21/2 What about one of those tootsy-wootsies? 1968G. De Fraga Murder at Cookout xv. 71 Don't bother to kiss me. Save that for the little tootsies who think you're as marvellous as you do yourself. 1979‘P. O'Connor’ Into Strong City xx. 74 Two chicks. One for me... One of the hot-time tootsies. |