Tomtittot

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  • Tom Tit Tot: a folk tale in which a demon's safety depends upon the secrecy of his name, in English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs → Rumpelstiltskin in Grimm's Fairy Tales is the well-known German equivalent
  • tomtit: the Blue Titmouse, or the Coal titmouse, or the Great Titmouse → hence, a little man or boy, a homunculus, a person of little consequence
  • tot: (1) a baby or small child (2) a simpleton, a fool (3) the word tot or letter T written against an item in an account to indicate that the amount specified has been received; hence, an item in an account (4) the sum total (5) a dust-heap scavenger's name for a bone; anything worth picking from a refuse-heap or elsewhere (cf. ALP's letter)
  • jot and tittle: tiny insignificant things; the letter i and the dot on it (ii is associated in FW with Issy)