Hotsy-totsy
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 An attractive woman, especially one who is the companion of a man. slang
"“Don't you get risque with me! This is your mother you're talking to and not one of your little hotsy-totsies.”"
- 1 Fine, all right, good. slang
"He and Catherine would patch it up, prosperity might now really be around the corner, it would all turn out hotsy-totsy, and Studs Lonigan would be singing in the bathtub, and singing in the rain, and singing."
- 2 Fancy, sophisticated. derogatory, slang, usually
"I could never forget his supercilious sarcasm when I walked out on the practice field of his hotsy-totsy college, and he listened to my Flats accent, and listened to me asking him with Flats words how did I go about playing the game of football for his school."
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More examples"He and Catherine would patch it up, prosperity might now really be around the corner, it would all turn out hotsy-totsy, and Studs Lonigan would be singing in the bathtub, and singing in the rain, and singing."
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