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• hotsy-totsy — [“hatsi”tatsi] mod. fine; great. □ Well, isn’t that just hotsy totsy. □ I don’t feel so hotsy totsy …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• hotsy-totsy — /hot see tot see/, adj. Slang. about as right as can be; perfect: Everything is just hotsy totsy. [1925 30; allegedly coined by Billie De Beck (d. 1942), U.S. cartoonist] * * * …   Universalium

• hotsy-totsy — adj Seemingly excellent, outstanding. He thinks that just because he drives some hotsy totsy Stutz Bearcar, he s the cat s meow. 1920s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

• hotsy-totsy — hot•sy tot•sy [[t]ˈhɒt siˈtɒt si[/t]] adj. Slang. sts about as right as can be; perfect: Everything is just hotsy totsy[/ex] • Etymology: 1925–30; allegedly coined by Billie De Beck (d. 1942), U.S. cartoonist …   From formal English to slang

• hotsy-totsy — |hätsē|tätsē adjective Etymology: coined ab1926 by Billie De Beck died 1942 American cartoonist slang : comfortably stable or secure : perfect, OK had a quarrel, but everything is hotsy totsy now …   Useful english dictionary

• hotsy-totsy — adj. perfect; just right (also hotsie totsie) …   English contemporary dictionary

• hotsy-totsy — adjective US term for hoity toity. Origin early 20th cent.: fanciful reduplication of hot …   English new terms dictionary

• hotsy-totsy — hot·sy tot·sy …   English syllables

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