round tuit
Syllables: round tu·itUK/ɹaʊnd ˈtuːɪt//ɹaʊnd ˈtuɪt/
round tuit noun: a circular object supposedly giving its owner the ability to get done everything that would have otherwise been put off to a later date "when they got around to it".
Noun
round tuit (plural round tuits)
- A circular object supposedly giving its owner the ability to get done everything that would have otherwise been put off to a later date "when they got around to it".
- Hawkins-Corlew ’round tuit [repeated caption on a circle] […] How many things have you missed, cause you never got round tuit? Well … we’re getting round tuit now. A sale on EVERYTHING that bears the CHEVY name, that we have in stock …[1971 July 11, “Hawkins-Corlew’s Round Tuit [advertisement]”, in James E. Charlet, Jr., editor, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, volume 162, number 158, Clarksville, Tenn.: Leaf-Chronicle Company, →OCLC...
- Almost everyone seems to be collecting something or other these days, and I am collecting round tuits. As of now I have a metal round tuit, a sticker round tuit and three round tuits clipped from publications – one being this column in The Republic, so perhaps that one really doesn't count. […] Who...1975 May 19, Jean Prather, “Worth mentioning: Collection of round tuits grows”, in Stewart E. Huffman, editor, The Republic, Columbus, Ind.: Robert N. Brown, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A6, column 2
Examples of round tuit in a sentence
- Almost everyone seems to be collecting something or other these days, and I am collecting round tuits.1975 May 19, Jean Prather, “Worth mentioning: Collection of round tuits grows”, in Stewart E. Huffman, editor, The Republic, Columbus...
- Your magazine meant to report on the club's resolve long ago, but in the press of time and space—you guessed it—we never got "A Round Tuit."1977 September, “This Rotary World: The Clubs in Action”, in Willmon L. White, editor, The Rotarian: An International Magazine, volume 131...
- Tired of being told, "I'll do it as soon as I get A ROUND TUIT"?1979 October, “CURE PROCRASTINATION!! with A ROUND TUIT™ [advertisement]”, in Texas Monthly, Austin, Tex.: Mediatex Communications, →ISSN...
- You've got a round tuit of your very own … now get off your duffs and do all those things you've been putting off until you got a round tuit!1990 August–September, Chip Beck, “Supercrat: The Super Bureaucrat: ‘A Round Tuit’ [cartoon]”, in Sanford Watzman, editor, State: The...
Forms of round tuit
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Origin of round tuit
A play on words, re-interpreting the idiom “when I get around to it” as “when I get a round tuit”.
Words formed from round tuit
Questions about round tuit
- What does round tuit mean?
- Round tuit means a circular object supposedly giving its owner the ability to get done everything that would have otherwise been put off to a later date "when they got around to it".
- How do you use round tuit in a sentence?
- Almost everyone seems to be collecting something or other these days, and I am collecting round tuits.
- What part of speech is round tuit?
- Round tuit is a noun.
- How do you pronounce round tuit?
- Round tuit is pronounced /ɹaʊnd ˈtuːɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of round tuit?
- The plural of round tuit is round tuits.
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