Tee*to"tum (?), n. [For T-totum. It was used for playing games of
chance, and was four-sided, one side having the letter T on it,
standing for Latin totum all, meaning, take all that is staked, whence
the name. The other three sides each had a letter indicating an English
or Latin word; as P meaning put down, N nothing or L. nil, H half. See
Total.] A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the
fingers.
The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotum
nearly spent.
Dickens.