toot sweet en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Homophonic translation of French tout de suite.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, slang) Alternative form of tout de suite (“very quickly; straight away”).
alt of tout de suite
The train's about to leave; you'd better get down here toot sweet!
‘Them bloody chaps 'ave a cushy job,’ said little Martlow with resentful envy. ‘Just fly over the line, take a peek at ol' Fritz, and as soon as a bit o' shrapnel comes their way, fuck off 'ome jildy, toot sweet.’
1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 27: