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tottery

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tot⋅ter⋅y

  [tot-uh-ree]
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–adjective
tottering; shaky.
Origin:
1745–55; totter + -y 1
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tot·ter   (tŏt'ər)   
intr.v.   tot·tered, tot·ter·ing, tot·ters

    1. To sway as if about to fall.

    2. To appear about to collapse: an empire that had begun to totter.

  2. To walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger.

n.  The act or condition of tottering.

[Middle English toteren, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
tot'ter·er n., tot'ter·y adj.
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