Tofftoff

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  • Late Old English toft: homestead or housesite. Used in the phrase, "toft and croft". Also toft, a hillock or prominence suitable for a tower. (Cf. Howth Head)
  • German taufen: to baptise
  • The fuller phrase, "tofftoff for thee, missymissy for me" is a reversal of the formula "me me to thou thou" sense throughout the book. (Cf. Tauftauf or Mishe mishe)
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