totting

noun, verb — 2 senses

totting

noun

1

The act of adding up; an addition.

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.1929, Laurence J. Keating, The Great Mary Celeste Hoax: A Famous Sea Mystery Exposed:

totting

verb

1

Slang Collecting rags, bones, or other junk to sell on.

[…] junk collectors who go 'totting' for old clothes and broken furniture around Shepherd's Bush […]2011, Christopher Stevens, The Masters of Sitcom: From Hancock to Steptoe:

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