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toting

 [toh-ting]   Origin

tot·ing

   [toh-ting]
noun Southern U.S.
1.
the practice of taking home food from an employer by a person engaged in domestic service.
2.
the food so taken.
Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; tote1 + -ing1

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tote

1   [toht] ,verb, tot·ed, tot·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to carry, as on one's back or in one's arms: to tote a bundle.
2.
to carry on one's person: to tote a gun.
3.
to transport or convey, as on a vehicle or boat.
noun
4.
the act or course of toting.
5.
something that is toted.
6.
tote bag.
Origin:
1670–80, Americanism; origin uncertain

Related forms
tot·a·ble, tote·a·ble, adjective
tot·er, noun

tote

2   [toht]
verb (used with object), tot·ed, tot·ing.
Informal. to add up; total.
Origin:
1885–90; probably v. use of tote, shortening of total
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tote
"to carry," 1677, of unknown origin; originally attested in Virginia, but OED discounts the popular theory of its origin in a W.African language (cf. Kikongo tota "pick up," Kimbundu tuta "carry, load," related to Swahili tuta "pile up, carry"). Tote bag is first recorded 1900.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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tote definition


  1. n.
    someone who abstains from alcohol. (From total abstainer.) : I'm not a tote, but I do have a limit—rather low by your standards. , Have a drink, or are you still a tote?
  2. n.
    a small portion of cannabis. (Drugs.) : The cops found a tote when they tossed Bart, but that was all.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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