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'Teetotaler' is from the letter t (as in total) + total + -er. Teetotalism is the complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks. If your spelling is accurate, 'tea totaller' may be word-play on the original, and may be someone who drinks only tea.
- 'Teetotaler' is from the letter t (as in total) + total + -er.
- Teetotalism is the complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks.
- If your spelling is accurate, 'tea totaller' may be word-play on the original, and may be someone who drinks only tea.
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'Teetotaler' is from the letter t (as in total) + total + -er. Teetotalism is the complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks.
If your spelling is accurate, 'tea totaller' may be word-play on the original, and may be someone who drinks only tea.
If your spelling is accurate, 'tea totaller' may be word-play on the original, and may be someone who drinks only tea.
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Its pronounced as Tea Totaller but is spelled as Teetotaller. Teetotller is a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages or who is a non drinker for alcholic bevergaes.
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Actually, the term is 'tea totaller' and it means people who NEVER drink alcohol of any kind, beer, wine, anything with alcohol in it... therefore the word implies they only drank tea.
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AnonymousActually, the term is 'tea totaller' and it means people who NEVER drink alcohol of any kind, beer, wine, anything with alcohol in it... therefore the word implies they only drank tea.ORIGIN emphatic extension of TOTAL, apparently first used by Richard Turner, a worker from Preston, in a speec
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