dial. and U.S. [Origin obscure.]
1. An idle or worthless person; a simpleton, fool.
1888. Harper’s Mag., Oct., 801/1. Marsh Yates, the ‘shif’less toot,’ and his beautiful, energetic wife.
1889. T. E. Brown, Manx Witch, etc. 118. Be off, you brute!… you donkey! you thundh’rin toot!
1894. Hall Caine, Manxman, 157. Success to the fine girl,… lucky they kept her from the poor toot.
2. dial. ‘The devil, Linc.’ (Halliw.).
