teetotum（n.）
"small dreidel-like toy or device like a spinning top, with a letter on each of its four sides indicating the outcome for the player who spins it," 1700, originally T-totum, from T + Latin totum "all, the whole" (see total (adj.)).
T was the letter on it that indicated totum, and if it turns up the player takes everything in the pot. The T tends to be interpreted in English as representing take (v.). Other letters noted as being on the English version were H for take half (of the stake); N for nothing; P for put down a stake equal to what was originally placed.
该词起源时间：1700年