tee-totaller

A very old and general amplification of totally, recently borrowed from sea diction to mark a class who wholly abstain from alcoholic drinks.

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tee-totaller
A thorough temperance man, who avoids every kind of ardent spirits, wine, and beer. A stump orator ...

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Tee
·noun The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits. II. Tee ·add. ·vt To place (the ball) on a tee. ...

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Tee iron
·- ·see T iron, under <<T>>. ...

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tee-total
Entirey; total. A modern cant word, formed by reduplication, the syllable tee being used for the let...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
tee-totally
Entirely; totally. The meetin' houses on one side of the water, how tee-totally different they be!-...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
tee-iron
An instrument for drawing the lower box in the barrel of a pump. T-shaped clamp, knee, or other piec...

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Tee-to-tum
·add. ·noun A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the dri...

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