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* '''Tom Tit Tot:''' a folk tale in which a demon's safety depends upon the secrecy of his name, in ''English Fairy Tales'' by Joseph Jacobs → ''Rumpelstiltskin'' in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' is the well-known German equivalent | * '''Tom Tit Tot:''' a folk tale in which a demon's safety depends upon the secrecy of his name, in ''English Fairy Tales'' by Joseph Jacobs → ''Rumpelstiltskin'' in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' is the well-known German equivalent | ||
| + | ** [http://books.google.ie/books?id=Oz66Pi2fA18C ''English Fairy Tales''] | ||
* '''tomtit:''' the Blue Titmouse, or the Coal titmouse, or the Great Titmouse → hence, a little man or boy, a homunculus, a person of little consequence | * '''tomtit:''' the Blue Titmouse, or the Coal titmouse, or the Great Titmouse → hence, a little man or boy, a homunculus, a person of little consequence | ||
* '''tot:''' (1) a baby or small child (2) a simpleton, a fool (3) the word ''tot'' or letter ''T'' written against an item in an account to indicate that the amount specified has been received; hence, an item in an account (4) the sum total (5) a dust-heap scavenger's name for a bone; anything worth picking from a refuse-heap or elsewhere (cf. ALP's letter) | * '''tot:''' (1) a baby or small child (2) a simpleton, a fool (3) the word ''tot'' or letter ''T'' written against an item in an account to indicate that the amount specified has been received; hence, an item in an account (4) the sum total (5) a dust-heap scavenger's name for a bone; anything worth picking from a refuse-heap or elsewhere (cf. ALP's letter) | ||
Revision as of 09:09, 19 April 2011
- Tom Tit Tot: a folk tale in which a demon's safety depends upon the secrecy of his name, in English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs → Rumpelstiltskin in Grimm's Fairy Tales is the well-known German equivalent
- tomtit: the Blue Titmouse, or the Coal titmouse, or the Great Titmouse → hence, a little man or boy, a homunculus, a person of little consequence
- tot: (1) a baby or small child (2) a simpleton, a fool (3) the word tot or letter T written against an item in an account to indicate that the amount specified has been received; hence, an item in an account (4) the sum total (5) a dust-heap scavenger's name for a bone; anything worth picking from a refuse-heap or elsewhere (cf. ALP's letter)
