hotsy-totsy
/hɒtsɪˈtɒtsi
/adjective US informal, dated
1Very pleasing or good: hotsy-totsy rhythms thrill the air...
- Opening for them at l' Hémisphère Gauche are Edmonton's hotsy-totsy bass/drum duo Whitey Houston and Montreal's wizards of the tambourine, the Adam Brown.
- Then Besson wrote the story of a drug-addicted murderess who is transformed into a hotsy-totsy political assassin by some shadowy government agency.
- This time around, the action takes place at the Texas State Fair in Dallas, and some characters have been tweaked, but only just (Wayne is now a stockcar driver, chanteuse Emily is a hotsy-totsy showgirl).
2 US term for hoity-toity.Hotsy-Totsy observer Curt Salada rightly took me to task for my rather casual dismissal of my favourite film.
Origin
Early 20th century: reduplication of hot, a fanciful formation by Billie de Beck (died 1942), American cartoonist.
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- money grab
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- money-grubber
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- money-hunter
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- moneylender
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- moneyless
- money-loser
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- money machine
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