单词 | toots |
释义 | tootsn. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A woman, a girl; frequently used as a familiar form of address, esp. to a female. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a girl > of or to a girl or woman pigsneyc1390 pussy?a1560 wench1581 ladykin1632 pop1785 popsy1855 old top1856 ma mie1859 kitten1870 tootsy1895 toots1936 mi'jita1970 noona1975 amiga1984 mi'ja1984 unni1997 1936 Amer. Speech 11 375/2 Toots used to be used in families here and there as a nickname, or a term of endearment, the vowel sounded as in ‘boots’... Is this term the ancestor of the present mode of address in ‘O.K., toots!’, ‘Hello, toots!’ etc., the vowel shortened into that of ‘full’? 1936 Mademoiselle Jan. 63 Out here everyone who isn't ‘Toots’ or ‘Cookie’ is ‘Darling’. 1941 H. A. Smith Low Man iii. 30 I..raised my hand in a clumsy wave and cried out: ‘Hiya, toots!’... I had called J. P. Morgan ‘toots’ to his face. 1946 E. Linklater Private Angelo xii. 143 ‘Hiya, toots,’ repeated the Count. ‘I like that. It is the felicitous expression of a young people who are making their own language.’ 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. 565 ‘Wasting it on you, Toots,’ said Smith reproachfully. 1975 New Yorker 29 Dec. 33/2 ‘Hi, toots,’ Ducky said in Donald's voice a few minutes later to a tiny girl. 1981 G. Hammond Revenge Game xv. 161 Maybe it's in his mind to come back for you and dig a quiet grave... How does that grab you, Toots? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1936 |
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