Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - teetotal
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Teetotal
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adj. advocating or characterized by total abstinence from alcoholic drink. Derivatives teetotalism n. Etymology: redupl. of TOTAL ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. непьющий; трезвый, воздержанный в употреблении спиртных напитков 2. разг. полный, совершенный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1843, possibly formed from total with a reduplication of the initial T- for emphasis. It was recorded as such in 1832 in Amer.Eng. The use in temperance jargon was first Sept. 1833 by Richard Turner, a working-man from Preston, England, in a speech advocating total abstinence (from beer as well as wine and liquor). But it was also said to have been introduced in 1827 in a New York temperance society which recorded a T after the signature of those who had pledged total abstinence. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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