[A whimsical formation from TEETOTAL, app. after prec.] A teetotal or temperance restaurant.
1891. Independent, 10 April, 233/3. There is little to distinguish ‘the Teetotum’ from the ordinary Coffee Tavern or Temperance Club except the peculiarity of being ‘a tied house.’
1891. R. A. Woods, English Social Movements, vi. 223. The most unique form of café for the masses is seen in the Tee-to-tums, recently opened in different parts of East London.
1892. Daily News, 24 June, 2/8. His Royal Highness … expressed satisfaction … at the starting of ‘tee-to-tums,’ or temperance restaurants.
1895. Westm. Gaz., 7 Jan., 7/1. A kind of cross between the Gothenburg system and the Tee-to-tum scheme.
