totting

English

Etymology 1

Verb

totting

  1. present participle and gerund of tot

Noun

totting (plural tottings)

  1. The act of adding up; an addition.
    • 1929, Laurence J. Keating, The Great Mary Celeste Hoax: A Famous Sea Mystery Exposed:
      This remarkable "paying off" did not pass off without a record for, strangely enough, the sheet of paper on which Hullock did his tottings was the only thing found in the mate's cabin — as reported from Gibraltar.

Etymology 2

Verb

totting

  1. (slang) Collecting rags, bones, or other junk to sell on.
    • 2011, Christopher Stevens, The Masters of Sitcom: From Hancock to Steptoe
      […] junk collectors who go 'totting' for old clothes and broken furniture around Shepherd's Bush […]

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary
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