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hotsy-totsy, a. slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈhɒtsɪˈtɒtsɪ|
[‘Coined c 1926 by Billie De Beck, Amer. cartoonist’ (Webster).]
Comfortable, satisfactory, just right. Hence ˌhotsy-ˈtotsiness.
1926B. Reynolds Cocktail Continentale ii. 29 And they sure can fix up a rip-snotin', raring, tearing, hotsy-totsy time, honey boy. 1927Dunning & Abbott Broadway xx. 205 They complimented Steve in the lingo of the night clubs. ‘Everything is hotsy-totsy!’ whooped the loud Ruby. 1927Wodehouse Small Bachelor vi. 95 It seemed to me that I was absolutely hotsy-totsy. 1935― Luck of Bodkins xxii. 282 And a fat chance..there is of any hotsy-totsiness resulting from anything Ambrose can do. 1940N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys (1941) xviii. 281 Daddy's all hotsy-totsy now as regards money. 1944H. Croome You've gone Astray xxi. 214 Now she thinks another man would be all hotsy totsy. 1952[see babe 3 b]. 1958L. A. G. Strong Treason in Egg ix. 165 All is hotsy-totsy. 1964W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) iv. 77 He became a big-time hotsy-totsy critic. 1973J. Mann Only Security xii. 162 What the law allows me, is mine... So that's all hotsy totsy. |