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tottery

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tot·ter  (ttr)
intr.v. tot·tered, tot·ter·ing, tot·ters
1.
a. To sway as if about to fall.
b. 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.]
totter·er n.
totter·y adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tottery - unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old agetottery - unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man"
tottering
unsteady - subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice"
Translations
tottery [ˈtɒtərɪ] ADJ [elderly person] → de paso tambaleante, de paso nada seguro
he's getting tottery → empieza a andar con poca seguridad
tottery
adj → wack(e)lig; person → tatterig; a tottery old man → ein Tattergreis m (inf)
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Well, when the dark shut down, in the rugged hills, that poor little chap had been tearing around in the saddle all day, and I noticed by the slack knee-pressure that she was tired and tottery, and I got dreadfully afraid; but every time I tried to slow down and let her go to sleep, so I could stop, she hurried me up again; and so, sure enough, at last over she went!
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
" There were several additions of a later date, but above all, three crosses of red ink--two on the north part of the island, one in the southwest--and beside this last, in the same red ink, and in a small, neat hand, very different from the captain's tottery characters, these words: "Bulk of treasure here.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
I found him first, a little withered, dried-up old fellow, wrinkled-faced and bleary-eyed and tottery.
Before Adam by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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