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The brewpub features a menu of gourmet hamburgers, sandwiches, sweet potato tots and poutine.
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In addition, any active playing and safe exploring will help these tiny tots develop.
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About 12,000 plastic eggs filled with candy, toys and prizes will be hidden on the sand — including 25 special golden eggs — waiting to be plucked by wide-eyed tots.
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The chain is best known for its tacos, hefty burritos and potato olés which are crunchy potato bites, like tater tots.
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An area designed for tots includes a two-story playhouse and a sand table.
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Bonus attraction for your stargazing tots: the Sunriver Observatory.
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The tater tot is the cool cousin of french fries and onion rings.
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The Muppets = Revived This was probably your favorite years ago, but what was once strictly for tots is returning for a more adult audience thanks to ABC.
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Origin and Etymology of tot
origin unknown
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: 1725
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of tot
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Minogue’s 14th studio album portrays her as a rodeo queen toting a bedazzled six-string (literally: check that photo above).
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But pictures of Black Panther leaders clad in leather jackets while toting guns did.
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Beltrame was confronted with the gun-toting terrorist using a cashier as a human shield while threatening other people.
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The doors tot he vehicle were locked and there was a shell casing in the front passenger's seat.
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Ravinia Highland Park 418 Sheridan Road The oldest outdoor music festival in North America draws 600,000 listeners each summer — many toting picnic baskets, blankets and lawn chairs to stake their claim on the manicured grounds of the 36-acre park.
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There was a young woman on crutches, a young man toting a guitar on his back.
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In the three weeks leading up to Feb. 14, 30 cargo jets make the trip from Colombia to Miami each day, with each plane toting more than a million flowers.
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After getting back on the highway, the Glasgows saw another horse, flanked by men in yellow vests, along with the truck and damaged trailer that had been toting it.
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Origin and Etymology of tot
tot., abbreviation of total
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: circa 1772
in the meaning defined at transitive sense
See Words from the same yearTOT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of tot for English Language Learners
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: a young child
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: a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink
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